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Heteromorpha arborescens
This small to medium-sized, deciduous tree or straggly shrub is suitable for a small, low-maintenance garden. The bark often helps to distinguish it from...
Heteropyxis natalensis
This is an attractive small tree suitable for townhouse gardens....
Hibiscus calyphyllus
This perennial shrub with its striking, large, lemon-yellow flowers and velvety leaves is perfect as an informal border or as a centrepiece in a small...
Hibiscus pedunculatus
A delicate, delightful, indigenous hibiscus, with bright pink flowers on dainty stalks....
Hibiscus praeteritus
The colourful, floriferous and water-wise Hibiscus praeteritus is a spectacular shrub worthy of a special place in your garden....
Helichrysum citricephalum
Helichrysum citricephalum has a unique combination of features and does not resemble any South African Helichrysum species, which makes it very easy to...
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus tiliaceus is the only Hibiscus species which really becomes a small tree. It belongs to a family that is unmistakable when in flower, the cotton...
Hippia frutescens
This is a good plant for moist gardens and also has a traditional medicinal use....
Hoodia gordonii
Hoodia gordonii is one of the most sought after succulents due to its medicinal properties. It has been called one of the wonder plants of the twenty-first...
Hygrophila auriculata
Hygrophila auriculata is a spiny herbaceous shrub that grows in marshes and on the edges of water bodies; it has numerous medicinal uses, the leaves can...
Hoslundia opposita
This hardy garden plant bears brightly coloured, tasty edible fruits and is an excellent subject for container gardening, which is a useful way to make...
Huernia pendula
Huernia pendula is a cliff hanger with rope-like leafless branches and bowl-shaped pendent flowers confined to dry river valleys in the Eastern Cape....
Hyacinthaceae
This is a family of 700-900 species of deciduous, or rarely evergreen, bulbous plants, several with brightly coloured flowers, that is well represented...
Homalium dentatum
When walking through the forest, it’s easy to get consumed by the density of the trees and all you see is green plants; this can make it difficult...
Hyaenanche globosa
The gifboom is a large evergreen fynbos shrub or small tree endemic to the Gifberg of the northern Bokkeveld Escarpment just south of Vanrhynsdorp (northern...
Hydnora africana
Hydnora africana is one of the most bizarre-looking plants on the African continent and is certainly not the most common of plants to be encountered...
Hydrostachys polymorpha
This unusual plant is unable to survive without the turbulence of water. It thrives in the white waters which give such a thrill to rafters. Living life...
Hymenolepis crithmifolia
Do you need to brighten a dull area in your garden? Then plant Hymenolepis crithmifolia in masses there - it will bring a bright yellow glow...
Hyobanche fulleri
Hybanche fulleri is a striking parasitic plant with pale to bright pink flowers found only in dune scrub....
Hyparrhenia hirta
Hyparrhenia hirta is recognized by its hard basal tussock, rough narrow leaves and a scanty panicle of pairs of white villous racemes which do not deflex...