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Clivia do like an acid soil and you can achieve this by adding bark chips to the soil as it lowers the PH levels. Don’t forget to add compost and mulch well. Keep the plants dryish during the winter as
One can buy acid compost to dig into your Clivia beds, but if you save your coffee grounds and tea leaves you can use these to create the perfect soil for them.
When choosing plants for the shade garden, look carefully at aspects like texture and leaf colour. Many of the Plectranthus have interesting, textured leaves which are also fragrant and the Crassula family have glossy leaves and many are interesting shapes.
I have never come across a child or an adult sitting down to a meal of a poisonous bulb, leaves or seeds, but we are often asked about plants that are poisonous to horses and dogs! If you are worried,
Retaining Wall – Full sun Agapanthus praecox blue/white – Common Agapanthus Aptenia cordata – Brak Vygie Arctotis sp – Yellow Flower Asparagus sprengeri – Emerald Fern Asparagus sprengerii var mazeppa- Emerald Fern Asystasia gangetica – Creeping Foxglove Barlaria obtusa –