by Morag Flight Everyone loves the beauty of Lilies. Planting Asiatic Lilies (Lilium asiatica) in your garden gives you a stunning display. Asiatic Lily care is simple once you know how. The secret to beautiful, long-lasting blooms is learning the right way to plant Asiatic Lilies. You will be rewarded with colourful and bountiful blooms […]
By Morag Flight What a lovely month this is with everything bursting with growth after those long months of dryness. With a little effort, this month you can have early flowers and a colourful garden even without the benefit of our non-existent municipal water. What a lovely month this is with everything bursting with growth
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By Tracy Mapfumo Indian Plum or Chinese Date? The Masau (Ziziphus mauritana) is a tropical fruit tree species. Though not indigenous, it has widely naturalised in Southern Africa. Masau originated in India and arrived in Zimbabwe via Arab traders plying coastal routes of Mozambique. The Masau fruit has however developed characteristics different from fruits found
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By Morag Flight Dipladenia is a favoured member of the Mandevilla family and my mother used to always have one in her courtyard. It is a South American native that grows in tropical forests. With proper care, you can enjoy Dipladenia’s compact habit and luxuriant, trumpet-like blooms in your garden from year to year. The
BOOMERANG BAGS ZIMBABWE By Cara Besomo Since plastic entered the mainstream 70 years ago, global plastic pollution has risen to more than 8 billion tonnes and continues to rapidly rise. Through importing goods packed with plastic materials, Zimbabwe is one of the highest producers of plastic waste in the SADC region. Research carried out by
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By James Ball There are 14 Pigeon and Dove species found in Zimbabwe. The two most common dove species found in Harare Gardens are Laughing and Red-eyed Doves. Cape Turtle Doves (now renamed Ring-necked Doves) and Emerald-spotted Doves can be found in woodlands such as Mukuvisi, Haka Park and also in the Harare Botanical Gardens. Others found
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By Tracy Mapfumo Mongongo is yet another wild tree nut found in Zimbabwe. The tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) has been used by natives of the Kalahari for centuries. The tree is widely distributed in Southern Africa. In its ‘core’ area (Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and western Zimbabwe), it can be found in large stands, across the well-drained Kalahari
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By Morag Flight This month I have been asked to talk about doing a garden in a tiny space. This threw me a little, but then I remembered that Neels Scott is running the wonderful garden centre at Halsteds on Harare Drive. Off I went and asked him if we could play with all the
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By Tony Alegria The Jacaranda mimosifolia is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, which is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Jacaranda mimosifolia or Blue Jacaranda is the species we know in Zimbabwe but I certainly don’t think it has blue flowers – purple, lilac or
By Julia Pierini The current checklist for Zimbabwe’s birds lists 674 species, and a total of 20 sites have been identified as Important Bird (and Biodiversity) Areas (IBAs) covering 30,050 km² or 7.7% of the national land surface area. The first eight sites cover the most important biodiversity areas (for restricted-range and/or endemic birds, mammals,
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