Alice Spenser-Higgs, Journalist at The Citizen

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LATEST STORIES FROM ALICE SPENSER-HIGGS

Choose plants for your garden to save the planet

Warm up your home with green

Creating a safe haven for wildlife

Made for each other – impatiens and coleus for the sun

Tips on how to use the shade in your garden this summer

Fill your world with flowers

Grow your own lavender to relieve stress naturally

Get Namaqualand at your door with osteospermum daisies

August is the month to prepare for verdant spring growth

Revamp your garden with vibrant verbena

July is maintenance month for the garden

Winter garden is still atwitter

Get a jumpstart on spring with colourful flowers

The types of roses that landscapers love

There is no excuse not to grow your own vegetables

How to prepare your garden for winter

Add character to a room with indoor trailing plants

Now is a good time to play catch-up and get a colourful winter garden

Get outdoors and have fun with family gardening

The best air-purifying plants for your home

Combine roses and grasses for a modern look in the garden

Baskets of colour to perk up autumn

It’s time to sow winter favourites

Brassicas are winter’s bounty

Coleus is resilient even when it’s dry

It’s time for a cool and colourful patio

The most elusive flower colours

Ideal time to sow some herbs

Hardy plants are the future

Make a bright, bold statement this Christmas with Poinsettia

Heat-busting plants in dazzling colours

Tropicals for indoors and out

Fast-growing squash crops

No ‘wow’ at Jozi flower show

Travel

BallStraathof: splendour of a show garden

Research shows plants can beat stress and improve productivity

Yellow flowers make the garden feel more intimate

Thuli Madonsela honoured with a rose named after her

Planting succulents for winter

Gardening fun for the whole family at the Autumn Garden Show

Go green with the proudly South African plant Spekboom

It’s time to sow autumn and winter vegetables

How to grow Sunpatiens for some tropical colour

A gardener’s guide to salvias

Get ready for a second wave of summer veggies

Earth care is trending in 2019

The most trendy colours for your garden

How to grow cucumbers

Petunias: Flowers that love the summer heat

How to grow a mini succulent garden

The roses that stole the show

Ball Straathof’s flower trial gardens pop with colour

Peppers, chillies are a must

Celebs And Viral

Discover the rose named after Nomzamo Mbatha

A guide to growing summer squash

Stunning colour palettes for summer gardens

Exciting tomato varieties

How to get your patio ready for summer

Prepare your vegetable garden for spring

A gardener’s guide to luxurious lavender

A new plant selection for autumn

New Year garden makeover

A beginner’s guide to growing bonsai

Tips to get your garden back into shape after the festive season

Garden care in chilly weather

Grow your own winter pharmacy

Grow winter veggies in containers

Help birds to survive winter

Madiba smiles on Chelsea Flower Show

Pots of colour for winter

Gifts for mothers with green fingers

Gardening: Enjoying the autumn harvest

Growing a winter flower garden from seed

Time to plant garden gold

In the garden: perennials are the easy option