This month in your garden

Photographs Francois Oberholster and supplied

Now is the time to sow annuals such as alyssum, bedding dahlia, sunflower, impatiens, lobelia, marigold, portulaca and zinnia to provide abundant colour in the garden over the coming summer months.

The value of trees as sources of beauty, building material, food and medicine, and the important role they play in the environment cannot be underestimated. Arbor Week (1–7 September) is celebrated every September to highlight the role that communities, homeowners, businesses, organisations and schools can play by donating and planting trees. The two ‘Trees of the Year’ for 2020, chosen as part of the Arbor Week celebrations, are baobab (Adansonia digitata) and Cape ash (Ekebergia capensis).