In a Northcliff garden, found along Juniper Street, residents can do more than just nestle in serenity; they can gaze around at the beauty it took a year to nurture and manicure to perfection.

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This garden was so whimsical it was featured on Gardens of the Golden City, an annual event where a number of private gardens are opened to the public for a limited time.
Here are some of the spectacular plants you’ll find this garden:

Hydrangea: Although these flowers are not indigenous to our country they are said to grow really well, and are a popular feature in many local gardens. According to Lifestyle Home Garden, they are widely known as Christmas Roses, as this is the time of the year when they are most gorgeous and lush. Colours range from cool blues and purples, pinks, and shimmering reds, to crisp, clean whites.

Poison olive: Random Harvest describes this plant as a fairly hardy, small, slender tree or large shrub, with dark grey-brown, fibrous bark. The shiny, dark-green leaves are clustered at the ends of branches. New leaves are a shiny, pale green, giving a decorative contrast of foliage on the plant. It’s black fruit is said to be relished by birds.

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Thunbergia: Random Harvest describes this plant as an evergreen, twining climber, that has attractive, bright-green, heart-shaped leaves. These flowers attract tiny insects to the garden and can be used as a groundcover, to cover a fence, climb a trellis, or to tumble over a terraced wall or out of a hanging basket.

Cycad: Windy Willows Wholesale Nursery describes this plant as slow-growing, with glossy, dark needle-like leaves, feathered fronds, and a rugged trunk.

Nuxia floribunda: Trees South Africa says this evergreen indigenous plant has a fast growing speed. It gives an abundance of white flowers in the winter months. It is suitable to plant in containers because it is considered a small tree and has a non-invasive root system. The stem of the tree often twists and bends into architecturally interesting shapes, unique to each tree.

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