{"id":869,"date":"2023-06-13T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/plants-elementor\/?p=869"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:30:36","slug":"water-wise-gardening-dry-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/water-wise-gardening-dry-winters\/","title":{"rendered":"Water-wise gardening for dry winters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"869\" class=\"elementor elementor-869\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-6e28d10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e28d10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261cf50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"261cf50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Even in a summer rainfall area, gardens in KwaZulu-Natal face long dry spells, especially from late autumn to early spring. A water-wise garden makes every drop count. Start by grouping plants with similar water needs together, so thirsty plants are not wasting water meant for tough, drought-tolerant ones, and the reverse. Watering cans and hosepipes then go where they are actually needed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f97e5b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"f97e5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Mulch beds with bark, leaves or straw to keep the soil cool and reduce evaporation. Water early in the morning, deeply and less often, which encourages deeper roots. Consider a rain tank to catch summer storms. Indigenous succulents, aloes, grasses and groundcovers such as dwarf carissa are hardy choices that look good with minimal watering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dry winters and hot summers reward gardens planned around smart watering and tough, adapted plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}