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Pelargonium tomentosum
With its large, velvety, mint-scented foliage and dainty white flowers, Pelargonium tomentosum makes a rather attractive garden plant in semi-shade, and...
Pelargonium tongaense
Most adaptable in cultivation, the Tonga pelargonium, is a free flowering garden and container plant....
Phragmites australis
Phragmites australia is a cosmopolitan perennial grass/reed with grey-green leaves and a light brown to purple inflorescence and the flowers are...
Pelargonium transvaalense
This plant has grown in the Lowveld National Botanical Garden happily for many years in both sunny and shady positions....
Pelargonium triste
This night-scented pelargonium, with its attractive carrot-like leaves, makes an interesting addition to collections of Cape plants....
Pelargonium vitifolium
This lovely vine leaved shrub that is stunning in full flower, with its balm scent, is ideal for your fragrant garden....
Pelargonium zonale
The flowers of this strikingly beautiful species range from pure white to rose-pink and all shades of red. Combined with its decorative rounded foliage,...
Pellaea calomelanos
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Pentanisia prunelloides
This beautiful blue grassland flower, which attracts butterflies, shows great potential as a garden plant. Widespread in southern Africa, and used extensively...
Phylica gnidioides
Phylica is a genus predominantly found in the Cape flora with about 138 species, of which 90% are endemic. The genus exhibits a significant range of shrub...
Pentarrhinum insipidum
The leaves, stems and fruit of Pentarrhinum insipidum are widely eaten throughout Africa. It is an important wild vegetable and has the potential to be...
Plectranthus grallatus
An herbaceous shrub, that resprouts annually from underground tuberous stems, with large, decorative, soft leaves and white flowers in late summer; easy...
Petalidium bracteatum
The Ruacana petalidium is a fast and easily growing shrub with striking dark red tubular flowers which attract sunbirds. As its name implies, it originates...
Petalidium coccineum
The Kaoko petalidium is a fast-growing, branched shrub with smooth, white bark which contrasts with its striking, red, curved flowers and ornamental, mottled...
Pelargonium gibbosum
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Phaenocoma prolifera
I often think of this species as the dinosaur of the everlastings. It is a strong rigid shrub with brilliant pink bracts and large flower heads. It is...
Philenoptera violacea
The wood of this attractive, hard, frost-sensitive "rain-tree" makes a stunning ornamental display....
Phoenix reclinata
This graceful palm with its characteristic slender, leaning stems is a feature of riverine bush and forest in the eastern parts of the country. It is almost...
Pelargonium cucullatum x betulinum 'Kommetjie'
Bright, floriferous and hardy, this is a natural hybrid between two of the Cape’s finest pelargoniums, Pelargonium cucullatum and P. betulinum, that...