Trees For Small Gardens South Africa

Create a beautiful small garden using indigenous plants of south africa.

Trees for small gardens south africa.

Graveyard cypress cupressus sempervirens stricta. Pittosporums are always neat and tidy and respond well to pruning making them perfect for small gardens. Johannesburg gold melaleuca bracteata johannesburg gold. Heteropyxis natalensis lavender tree with its pale bark beautiful shape and semi deciduous foliage the lavender tree heteropyxis natalensis is one the favourite small garden trees.

Deciduous but not messy. Underplant trees with shade loving shrubs and perennials and make a walkway in an unused space. Creamy white sweetly scented blossom appears in spring. Growth rate slow to medium.

An ill chosen woody perennial could gobble up your small yard and perhaps later force you to live in a tree house so you need to consider certain factors carefully. Mature size in a garden setting 3m. Like climbers designer trees help to give your garden a very necessary dimension of height. Gardenia volkensii key attributes.

3 the second 5 candidates english name afrikaans name scientific name are. Little gem magnolia magnolia grandiflora little gem. Trees for small gardens pyrus salicifolia elegant pyrus salicifolia pendula has slim silvery foliage and slender weeping branches. Japanese maple acer palmatum.

Here at the relais chateau cellars hohenhort lush plectranthus and mophead hydrangeas flank a narrow mulched path creating a sense of exploration and discovery in an otherwise forgotten and negative part of a garden. They also grow well in large containers. We have narrowed our choice down to the following. Even in a small garden there is space for at least one small tree.

3 1 lavender tree heteropyxis natalensis 3 2 cork bush mundulea sericea 3 3 dwarf coral tree erythrina humeana. Hardy tolerates temperatures as low as 4 degrees celsius. Requires modest water in summer. We have compiled a short list of trees below that can be considered for use in a small urban garden.

These trees grow well in all south africa s growing regions except for those areas which experience severe frost. Silver birch betula pendula. Random harvest indigenous plant nursery constantly inspires with new display gardens and this time we have presented no less than five beautiful small gardens ideas. Growth form is compact upright.