July 20th, 2009

I decided to do some Guerilla gardening in my own garden. Specifically the front needed more big fynbos. I set out to Kirstenbosch plant shop with the idea of:
1) A Leucadendron Argenteum (silver tree) for the spot where there was one a few year back.
2) A Coleonema Album (white confetti bush, has very fragrant leaves) for the sunny spot where one flourished before.
3) A protea of some kind for the shady spot between two trees.
What I ended up with was:
1) A silver tree as planned.
2) Finding out that Coleonemas tolerate partial shade better than Proteas, I swapped these around. The Coleonema Pulchellum, as the name would suggest, was pretty in pink, and just as fragrant as the white one, so I got that for the shady spot.
3) A Hybrid (cordifolium X conocarpodendron) Leucospermum (not quite a protea, but closely related) for the sunny spot under the window. The distinctive "Pincushion" flowers should bring birds. There's an old sugarbush protea in the garden already which brings birds, so this may have some synergy.
All in all, win! Planting out will happen tonight.
