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  • summer vegetable garden
    January 3, 2025

    January Garden Guide

    Dive into 2024 with Hadeco Bulbs’ January Garden Guide and let’s make your garden the envy of the neighbourhood. Read more.
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  • Polianthes: Perfect in Pots and Gardens
    October 18, 2024

    Polianthes: Perfect in Pots and Gardens

    Ah, the Polianthes, also known as tuberose – has a scent so intoxicating it could charm the socks off anyone within a whiffing distance. This Mexican native was once the Aztecs' secret weapon, adding a dash of it to their...

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  • Care Tips for Ornithogalum (chincs)
    July 30, 2024

    Care Tips for Ornithogalum (chincs)

    Ornithogalum, affectionately known as "chincs" in South Africa, truly shines as the star of the plant world—literally. This local gem features star-shaped flowers that cluster in an umbel atop robust stems. The name ‘Ornithogalum’ however means "bird's milk," thanks to...

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  • How to grow Tritonia
    July 19, 2024

    How to grow Tritonia

    Tritonia, which shares family ties with the Ixia genus in the Iridaceae family, is the plant equivalent of that reliable friend who always shows up. Known as blazing star or garden montbretia, the 28-odd species of Tritonia are like the...

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  • July Garden Checklist
    July 1, 2024

    July Garden Checklist

    July is here, and soon some of your favourite winter and spring-flowering blooms will be too. Here’s what to do in your garden this month, to enjoy an abundance of happy flowers and plants dancing all around you.  Plant out...

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  • How to grow ranunculus in South Africa
    June 13, 2024

    How to grow ranunculus in South Africa

    Ah, the ranunculus, the darling of the spring garden! You may know them as ranonkels, ranuncs, or even, Persian buttercups but let’s be real, you could call them Fred and they would still be fabulous. These floral superstars bring their...

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  • June Garden Checklist
    May 31, 2024

    June Garden Checklist

    Let June be June! Sure, the cold might be creeping in, but us gardeners? We're not easily scared off. The show must go on, darling! I mean, come on, the whole spring extravaganza is counting on us. Here’s what to...

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  • Lean into Lilies
    May 30, 2024

    Lean into Lilies

    Hold onto your gardening gloves, ladies (and gent), because we're diving into the wild world of lilies! With over 100 species, these prima donnas come in all shapes and sizes. Trumpet-shaped, cup-shaped, reflexed, bowl-shaped—you name it, they flaunt it.  Now,...

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