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August in our False Bay garden

  by Diana Studer - gardening for biodiversity   in Cape Town, South Africa   As we turn to spring our sombre tapestry hedge is lit with orange flames of Aloiampelos ciliaris . It is a scrambler that needs a friend to lean on - leaving that dead bietou to be a good friend, while the little replacement grows to fill the space.   Climbing aloe in tapestry hedge Our only winter damage from the storm warnings was this chunk of Coprosma repens . Smothered table and chairs and blocked the path - why, does that look wrong?? Since it was here when we moved in, about 26 years old and the wood is rotten in parts. Good to have my little chainsaw to whizz thru reducing it to useful sections to edge the paths.   Storm damage to Coprosma With carob and Coprosma trimmed that corner is lighter and brighter, with the glimpse of Brakkloofrant restored.   Coprosma and carob corner Last time we got halfway across the Brachylaena discolor , waited for the cold, wet and windy to give

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