Andre Hartslief
In South Africa, we experience Autumn in April and as anyone knows, worldwide, it is a season that offers a very limited amount of choices as to what we can plant. So, while I was looking around for some new plants to try out, to bring some color to my drab and dull winter garden, I was happy to come across an exciting new plant, at our local nursery which I’m dying to try out, it’s called Nemesia Nesia or “Banana Punch.”
The plant, is a wildly fragrant indigenous flower ideal for a winter garden. The plant needs to be grown in a sunny, warm bed or window box and is ideal for sandy soil. These plants grow 30 cm high and don’t need much water which, is another reason why it is such a perfect winter plant.
How beautiful, would love to have flowers in the winter.
Hello Carol, these ones are a particularly fond of colder spots, Iv’e noticed.
That sounds about right, they are very nice.
beautiful flower, there are various combinations of colors. We are called viola
Hello Branka, I hope you are well. Thank you for commenting on my winter flower article. So, In your country, you call the same flower Voila? We have another indigenous flower with a name like that, it’s called an African Violet. Thank you for sharing that information on my page.
That’s a beautiful flower
Hi, Cathy. Thanks for reading my post, I agree, it is both beautiful and useful too.
We called that orchid in our country. Good shot!
Hi Sheryl, It does look a bit like our purple orchid but the stems are a bit shorter. Thanks for reading.
Hello Sheryl, so it’s an orchid in your part of the world. Thanks for sharing that with everyone here on on my page.
It’s very pretty. It reminds me of a cross between a pansy and a Snapdragon.
Hello, Blue Sailor. Woodywood143 was just saying they remind him of pansies too and I can see the Snapdragon in there too. Which reminds me, I haven’t seen a Snapdragon in years, I must get some. Thanks for reading.
Lovely
Hello, Olga. Nice to hear from you, my friend. Thank you for reading my post. Regards, Andre’
beauty!1
Hello, Ngoc Tran. Thank you for reading my post. Blessings to you.
Here in the winter months in the USA everyone grows pansies, They have a similar look and are very hardy in colder temperatures.
Howdy, Woody. Yes, I concur, pansies do look similar and they do well here too. I’ll buy some on Saturday. Will let you know how it went. Thanks again for reading my post. Regards Andre’-Tranquilpen