The Zimbabwean Gardener Issue 6 Spring 2013 | Page 6

Water wise gardening Beauty is in the eye of the beholder By Kevin Charles Plant up these pretty perennials and still be water wise! Being a water wise gardener does not necessarily mean that you have to have a garden with rocks and aloes. If you feed, mulch, use your water efficiently and choose water wise plants, you can have these beautiful flowering perennials all year round. Remember a happy flower can’t be a hungry flower - so use compost, mulch, manure and fertiliser on a regular basis. All the above supply nourishment to your plants and improve your soils. The following perennials do not need as much watering and are ideal for a water wise garden. feed, feed, feed... Nasturtium Gaura Westringia Shasta daisies Blue Felicia Agapanthus Lavender Grey foliage plants Bulbine Bougainvillea Salvia leucantha Russelia equisetiformis 6