Family: Fabaceae Common names: box-leaf bush-sweetpea Podalyria buxifolia is a spreading, well-branched, resprouting…

May  2019 Dear Plant Lovers This Newsletter has been a while in the making and I must apologise as I am sure you are all

October 2018 Dear Plant Lover Dear Plant Lover It is with a heavy heart I have to inform our customers and the plant world of

January 2016 Dear Plant Lover As usual, we will start our newsletter with a weather report!  At present, the entire Southern African sub-continent from Zambia,

Newsletter January 2014 Dear Customer It has been 2 years since our last newsletter – we apologise for this, but we simply forgot to write

January 2012 Dear customer Another year has flown past and for us this was a very quiet year.  At one stage we thought we would

January 2011 Dear Customer All our newsletters start with the weather – most important for gardeners and plant enthusiasts.  The SW Cape had reasonable rain

December 2010 Dear Sowers of seeds As usual, we will start with the weather!  In the Western Cape we had a similar weather pattern this

Newsletter January 2009 Dear Seed Sower, We skipped the newsletter normally sent out in July (and the July catalogue!), and this one follows the January

Newsletter January 2008 Dear Plant Lovers Yet another year has scurried by.  Is this rush of time because we are all so busy, or is

January 2007 Dear Customer All our newsletters seem to start with the weather, and this one is no exception!  As gardeners, the weather is of

July 2006 Dear Customer Thank heavens for small mercies – at present it is pouring with rain and it is cold and wet.  Although we

May 2005 Dear Plant Lovers We have succumbed to pressure and have printed a catalogue again!  Yes, we said that we were not going to

January 2005 Dear Customers, Perhaps the biggest change in our lives at present is the moving of our business (yet again!), this time back to

                December 2005 Dear Customer Unbelievable as it may seem, it is already December again!  Perhaps it is our age, or the speed of modern

July 2004 Dear plant lovers, Welcome to the July supplementary catalogue.  As usual, the main thing on our minds at present is the weather.  We

Newsletter  January 2004 Dear plant lover, It seems such a long time ago that we wrote the last newsletter in July – so much has

July 2003 Dear Plant lover, This newsletter starts where we left off in December 2002 – the solar eclipse.  In our last newsletter, we were

January 2003 Dear Plantsperson, Welcome to our 2003 catalogue of seeds and books. Every year our collecting schedules change, dictated by drought, fire and where

July 2002 Dear plants person, The catalogue and newsletter are a little late this year – we decided to take a break in late June,

January 2002 Dear Plant lovers As I read last year’s newsletter (January 2001), we were facing an uncertain winter which we hoped would not be

July 2001 Dear customers, The year 2001 started off with a visit to South Africa by a group of American gardeners who we guided round

January 2001 Dear plant lovers, For the South Western Cape, the winter of 2000 has been one of the driest on record.  In many areas

                July 2000 Dear customer Welcome to the July update of our year 2000 catalogue.  As usual, some old seed friends will have disappeared from

January 2000 Dear plant lover, The last year in the South Western Cape has been unusually dry (again!).  Last summer we thought that just about