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
Welcome to PlantZAfrica
Plants of the week
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Go to Plants of the Week to browse all plants by date published, or alphabetically.
News & Updates
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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