The tree fuchsia (halleria lucida) has been appointed as one of the two rare trees of the year for 2009, by the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs.

This beautiful tree, with its lush, wide-spreading canopy has shiny, bright green leaves and is an indigenous evergreen tree.  Birds love to gather in this tree, so it will be ideal to plant in your garden, if you want to attract birds.  Insects also enjoy feasting on the flowers, which are very rich in nectar. 

It has elegantly drooping branches and normally has more than one stem.  Bright orange, red or yellow tube-shaped flowers – which grow on the stems and in clusters of leaves – bloom in summer and from early spring this decorative tree carries round black berries, which are clustered together.  The bark of the tree fuschia is a dull grey to brown in colour and has vertical grooves.

These trees occur naturally in coastal areas, near water and on stony mountains or hills.  The tree fuchsia can grow between 12 and 20 meters high in ideal conditions, and up to 5 meters in less favourable conditions, such as in exposed areas.  They require a lot of water.

Historically, the wood was used for tools, spear shafts and for the construction of wagon poles, as the wood is strong and hard.  Traditional medicinal uses included treatment of ear aches, by infusing the dried leaves in water. 

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner and can provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

What sort of benefits or assistance do you expect to get from a landscaping service. Well, that’s going to depend on the company you contact. There are some companies who claim to offer landscape services and when push comes to a shove, all they are actually offering is to cut your grass, tidy up leaves and weed the garden. There are, of course, plenty of services that a good professional company can offer. One of those landscaping services is consultancy. Often, property owners do not know exactly how they want their garden to look like. Sometimes, they do not even know what plants to grow! To solve these problems, one can hire landscape consultants to advise on what to do. Normally, the consultants arrange a visit to the property to observe. After a few days, they can visit the owner and submit to him some recommendations that may include a new garden layout design.

Other landscaping services include removing unwanted weeds, shrubs, trees and other vegetation, site clearance, removal of old fences, pathways, buildings and concrete. Hardscaping includes rockery works, pond excavation and construction, patio and terrace construction, pathway and driveway layout and fence layout. This service also aids in the construction of garden buildings such as pagodas, sheds and pump stations. Garden landscaping service also includes plant care. The contractor regularly visits a property to take care of the plants. Maintenance of the plants usually involves trimming and pruning, weed and pest control and irrigation. To find out how Kingfisher can help you, give us a call.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

Landscaping design is just one of the subjects and professions that have benefited from Information Technology. Today it’s possible for you to become a landscaper in your spare time by using landscaping design software that you can find on the Internet. If you are having some difficulties on what design to use, this software can give you loads of ideas in creating your garden. Using this tool, you can carefully plan your design including the dimensions and the type of materials that you will need. After you have created your landscape plan on the computer, you can simply have it printed and then you are ready to begin.

When you use landscaping design software, you can get a understandable picture of how your finished garden will look like. Your landscaping design is shown on the screen and depicts what the finished garden would look like when construction is finished. All software of this type contains step-by-step instructions for creating your plan. The instructions are quite clear from the beginning to the end of your design. This is the perfect choice for people who would like to complete a landscaping project on their own but lack skills in drafting. This software is also helpful for those people who are thinking of following a professional landscaping career. Using it you can easily show other people your creativity in designing landscaped gardens. For those who are in the business of landscaping, using landscape design software allows them to show their designs to customers.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

Many people may wonder what exactly a landscape company is and what it does. It does a combination of things. It designs, it constructs, it maintains and it advises. A good landscape company provides a one-stop shop for all areas of landscaping, including design, maintenance, construction, irrigation, stone walls, outdoor rooms, water features and lighting for residential and commercial clients. As each of our clients has different needs, all of our designs and concepts are customized to satisfy each customer in a unique way. Our designers work closely with each of our clients to maximize the use of space and to augment the natural beauty of their outdoor living environment, while at the same time taking into account their lifestyle needs. Our design plan will ensure that you will have a thorough understanding of the project before and during construction.

Construction requires a landscape company with the knowledge, expertise, skilled labour and specialized equipment to efficiently complete a garden project on time and to guarantee its structure and the integrity of its design. We provide a comprehensive and garden maintenance service, and our staff of skilled artisans collectively represent decades of experience in their trades. The maintenance service of a good landscape company includes:

• A weekly or complete maintenance service
• lawn maintenance and turf care
• tree and shrub care, selective pruning
• annual flowers and bulb planting
• seasonal floral displays in containers
• spring and autumn clean-ups

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The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

One of the most popular type of television programme these days is that of the “extreme makeover” theme, some of which programmes deal exclusively with the makeover of a house, but there have recently appeared several new programmes that deal only with garden landscaping, in which a plot of indescribable ugliness is somehow magically transformed into a beautiful garden. Garden landscaping can completely transform a nondescript yard into a place of beauty where you can relax and absorb the ambiance that has been created for you.

Many of us just don’t have the time, the patience or the ability to set about our garden and transform it into a place of beauty. That’s where garden landscaping comes to the fore. Landscapers have been around for many years. Even back in Roman times garden landscaping was a much sought-after talent, and it remains so today. It is a combination of art and science, and takes a very special talent to undertake successfully. A good landscaper understands the components of nature and construction, and blends them together in a magical cocktail that makes you feel relaxed and at home. There are a great number of sites on the Internet where you can see plenty of examples of “before and after” gardens. Each garden designer has his or her own style of landscaping a particular area. Depending on preference and style, the garden may either have a complex design with an obviously manicured landscape. One of the most popular designs being tailored all around the world is the English garden.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

There are a number of principles that form the basis of good garden design and that result in gardens that meet the needs of their owners. Consideration has to be given not only to the layout of the hard landscape, that is paths, water features, walls, paving and decking, but also to the plants themselves. There is also the actual need or desire of the owner to be taken care of as well as seasonal restrictions. Garden design must also take into account maintenance and irrigation requirements and the amount of funds available for both construction and upkeep of the project.

If there are to be limitations in the budget, then garden design will probably come up with either a simpler garden with fewer plants and cheaper hard features, or with a garden that is created part by part as the owners can afford it. Garden design may be carried out by the garden owners themselves, or alternatively by professionals with diverse levels of experience and expertise.

Most professional landscapers are trained in the principles of design and also in horticulture, and they usually have an expert knowledge and experience of using plants in different situations. Occasionally the design of your garden is going to depend on features that cannot be moved, such as large boulders. This type of feature is actually useful in providing a focal point around which the rest of the garden can be planned. Planning the outside area yourself can be immense fun. and the finished product can give you enormous satisfaction.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.