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RAND WATER EDITORIAL

Medium water hydrozone
Landscape this combination of plants for a
MEDIUM water zone:
• Tree: Weeping sage (Buddleja auriculata)
• Shrub: Dainty, white flowering Bauhinia
(Bauhinia natalensis)
• Groundcover: Lilac Stokes Aster (Stokesia
laevis)
• Bulbs: Paintbrush Lily (Scadoxus puniceus)

Medium water zone plants: Bauhinia natalensis, Buddleja auriculata, Dianthus, Loropetalum plumgorgeous, Mandevilla Cosmos White, Nemesia,
Osteospermum ‘Passion’, Portulaca

High water hydrozone
Landscape this combination of
plants for a HIGH water zone
• Tree: African Holly (Ilex mitis)
• Tree: 2024 Tree of the Year
– White pear (Apodytes
dimidiata subsp. dimidiata)
• Shrub: Hydrangea
• Grass-like: Corkscrew Rush –
Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’
• Groundcover: Purple Dragon
(Lamium maculatum)

High water zone plants: Azalea,
Bedding Dahlia, Calibrachoa,
Hydrangea, Lamium ‘Pink Pearls’,
Lobelia.

Text by Kay Montgomery. Images supplied by Rand Water: SAGIC Water Wise Education Project. n

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