This website celebrates the plants of southern Africa. Each week we bring you two new Plants of the Week and the Information Library contains hundreds of articles about southern Africa plants and related topics. Read More
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Common names: Caledon buchu (Eng.); Caledon-boegoe (Afr.)
A vigorous, low-growing, lilac-flowering buchu, teetering on the...
Kirstenbosch NBG
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Common names: bristle poppy, orange poppy (Eng.); doringpapawer...
Papaver aculeatum is an attractive, orange- or red-flowered annual,...
Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gardening with South African Plants
We have added a new Gardening with South African Plants section to the Information Library where we will be putting all gardening related topics. Our first article is on gardening with fragrant and aromatic plants.
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