Still flowering at the end of April. Deloitte & Touche is a tough groundcover rose with soft apricot and salmon tones. Granny D’s favourite for a reason 🌸

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Dianthus keeps going for months, flowering right through the season. Plant your next batch now for winter and spring colour. Grow in sun, feed regularly, and deadhead to keep them going 🌸 #eckardsgarden #dianthus #wintergarden #springflowers

Typically orange but today it’s white. Wild Daga looking completely different and just as striking

A rare Leonotis leonurus that sunbirds love. Full sun, around 2m, tough and rewarding 🌸 #eckardsgarden #plantsforpollinators

Citrine yellow trumpet vine brings bold colour and glossy green leaves to sunny containers. Train it up or let it cascade for easy impact 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Hello Autumn! Indigenous Cape Honeysuckle is one of the easiest shrubs you will ever grow. Its flowers draw in pollinators all day, bringing movement and life into the garden. Clip it or let it soften into a relaxed mound. Thrives in sun with very little fuss 🌸 #eckardsgarden #plantsforpollinators

Modern Gerbera bring instant colour with bold parasol daisy flowers. Indoors or out they are an easy weekend lift 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Cyclamen season is here at Eckards with months of colour ahead Perfect for shady patios or bright indoor spots Keep them lightly moist never overwater 🌸 #eckardsgarden #cyclamen

Night Sky Petunia is a galaxy in every flower. Flowering through winter into early summer, it is easy colour for baskets, pots or the garden in full sun 🌸 #eckardsgarden #skypetunias

Hello Peter. Campanula is looking bright in our forecourt. Plant now and enjoy bell shaped flowers every autumn with pollinators visiting 🌸 #eckardsgarden #campanula

Eckards got to see the Dahlias at the Malanseuns festival in Pretoria on Friday morning where they are breeding the next generation of dahlias for your garden. How magical and inspiring! 🌸 #eckardsgarden #dahlias

Rosemary is one of those quiet essentials. A plant for Paws and you too. Fragrant, hardy, and always useful in the garden and the kitchen 🌸 #eckardsgarden #rosemary

The last autumn flush of roses brings richer colour and longer lasting flowers. Smaller blooms but so much more reward 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Happy Easter from Eckards. Wishing you a blessed and peaceful day 🐣 a reminder that Eckards is open today from 9am-2pm 🌸 #Easter2026 #eckardsgarden

Rare Begonias like Lime Fever and Mantuk have arrived, bringing a touch of tropical island inspiration indoors. Limited stock and highly sought after by collectors 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Tall Snapdragons we don’t often get, looking ready to go. Sun loving, waterwise and flowering into early winter 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Petunias on our tables this week and they are real showstoppers. Perfect for hot sunny patio spots and great colour through autumn. Just keep them in well drained soil 🌸
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Easter Chrysanth’s bringing instant autumn colour and an easy gift idea. Weeks of cheer for just R49 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Sunstar Daisy brings effortless trailing colour to sunny spaces with star shaped golden flowers 🌸 #eckardsgarden #sunstardaisy

Golden leafed Plectranthus adds soft, cascading charm to shaded spots and pathway edges 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Autumn colour sorted with Camellia Sasanqua ‘Jennifer Susan’. Soft pink flowers right when the garden needs a lift most 🌸
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Azaleas are flushing into flower right now. Feed and mulch now for an even better spring show 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Autumn colour made easy with Kalanchoe and Calandiva. Patio now, garden later, with hardly any fuss 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Autumn Chrysanthemum time is here. Instant colour with no waiting. The simplest way to refresh a space or find an easy Easter gift 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Rainy days and the first autumn chill have us reaching for violas already 🌸 #eckardsgarden

Small plant, big shift. Desk Buddies bring calm and focus into your everyday spaces 🌸 #eckardsgarden

New plant alert. Petticoat Cyclamen has the most unusual flower shape. Petals fold back into a delicate skirt, then open into a soft star as they mature 🌸 #eckardsgarden

March 2026 What's happening at Eckards Garden Pavilion The autumn season is well and truly here and with the Autumn Equinox coming up this weekend there’s no turning back.

Our latest newsletter is out this week and it’s all about homegrown happiness. It’s autumn and this month our newsletter focuses on Houseplant’s, growing Dairy Primula from seed as well as highlighting Plants for Paws 🌸 Read it online. eckards.co.za/newsletter/ 🌸 #eckardsgarden #gardennews

A quiet walk around the nursery this weekend reminded me how wonderful Plectranthus are. Ground covers, cascading varieties and shrubs all filling the shady corners and really shining at this time of year. Sometimes the easiest plants are the most rewarding 🌸

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Petal perfection. Wild Iris in our perennial department is catching our eye. Indigenous, tough, waterwise and loved by pollinators. A real garden rockstar 🌸
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Leonotis in flower at Eckards this week. Known locally as Wild Daga and elsewhere as Lions Tail. A striking indigenous plant that is surprisingly part of the mint family 🌸
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