Some like it HOT
May 20, 2019
2 minutes
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS CONNALL OOSTERBROEK
To ensure that you always have colour and interest in the winter garden, use a mix of perennials, succulents and shrubs as a framework around which you can create an attractive and continuous display. For instant gratification, nothing beats bedding plants and just a few seedlings will lift an area with cheerful colour.
1 ALOE SPP.
With their fiery spires of (now ), single-stemmed monoliths such as , to stemless rosettes like . Hybridisers have been hard at work and there’s an array of excellent varieties on the market. Aloes like rich, well-drained soil and plenty of sunlight, although some hybrids tolerate partial shade.
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