The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...

If you want to get really “easy gardening” going on in your landscape, plant some Mediterranean plants. If you want to get eye-popping color, choose plants from the Mediterranean region… ...

• Hardy South African plants flourish in well-draining soils similar to Colorado’s foothills. Timberline’s Kelly Grummons advised creating a rock-garden mix with native clay soil, 30 to 50 ...

The Western Cape Province of South Africa holds the richest biodiversity in all of botany. Three-quarters of its 8,600 plant species are endemic, flourishing upon a mere 0.4 percent of earth -- a ...

Several plants native to South Africa are so common in these parts that their origin will surprise many gardeners. Agapanthus, called African lily, is probably second only to ivy as a popular ...