Creating beautiful landscapes for over 20 years
Creating beautiful landscapes for over 20 years
Last time we spoke about plants that help attract bees and other pollinators to your garden and one plant that we absolutely loved was the Abelia. We loved them so much that we had to come back and discuss them further. Abelias are among those old fashioned shrubs that the modern gardener simply can’t do …
Everyone by now knows the value of Bees, Hoverflies, Butterflies and other pollinating insects in ensuring fruit crops produce the fruit we need to sustain human life on the planet. While not everyone (yet) truly values bees and these other vital pollinators, those in the know want to do their best to help secure their …
Attracting Bee’s and other pollinators to your garden. Read More »
It is finally the season of regrowth, renewal and rebirth and we bet you’re excited to get into your garden and enjoy all of spring’s sweet rewards. But before you do, we urge you to get into this article – full of planting advice and tips for the different South African micro-climates. You’ll find everything …
It seems like every week there’s news related to climate change and perhaps the most fundamental contributor to this climate chaos is increased carbon dioxide emissions. Fortunately, there is a powerful weapon available to help combat climate change– REFORESTATION (a fancy name for the simple act of planting trees). Trees are a keystone species in the …
Can planting trees in your back yard help fight climate change? Read More »
Sunlight is a dynamic and critical element to your garden. The sun constantly moves throughout the day, as well as from season to season coupled with human-influenced elements such as buildings, walls, and other plantings and you’ve got a surprising number of factors that all need to be considered when accurately determining the amount of …
The past three years have been very eventful and somewhat frightening and depressing for many. We have faced a pandemic that has affected everyone’s way of life in a drastic way. From having to isolate and social distance to having to wear masks and social distance to now adjusting to going back to the normal …
DIGGING INTO THE TRUTH ABOUT SOIL To a lot of people, soil is just dirt which makes it a little difficult for it to get respect. But the truth is that soil is a miracle that’s right under our feet. Weird as it may seem, soil is filled with bacterial life that enables plants to …
Do you look around enviously every spring at all those magnificent gardens bursting with colour and full of flowers? Do you think to yourself, “That’s how ours is going to look next year?”, but then are unsure how to do it? Help is at hand! The Catscapes team have put together our best spring garden …
Early autumn is the best time to transplant evergreen shrubs and trees that are planted in the wrong place in your garden; whereas deciduous trees and shrubs are traditionally transplanted in mid-winter, when they have lost all their leaves and are totally dormant. As the temperatures drop in autumn, the day length decreases and plant …
Autumn roses are often the most perfect ones. Shorter days are a signal to roses to prepare for winter dormancy and the plants start converting sugar to starches and storing it in their stems for their spring growth, so it is important to feed them regularly; especially in the summer rainfall regions. In very cold …
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