Browsing Biodiversity & Conservation Biology by Subject "Indigenous plants"

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    • Is your garden green? How to be kind to your garden 

      Maneveldt, Gavin (Botanical Society of South Africa, 2008)
      Years ago, there was plenty of open, natural veld surrounding our towns and it was rich in wildlife. As towns expanded the natural veld and wildlife shrank into patches between towns, factories and farm land. With this ...

    • West Coast plants for a waterwise garden 

      Maneveldt, Gavin (Botanical Society of South Africa, 2009)
      The new gardening mantra is 'grow indigenous'. Besides their aesthetic value, most indigenous plants are less costly to maintain, largely because they have long adapted to the local climate and thus to the local rainfall. ...