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Lydenburgia abbottii
Pondo Bushman’s Tea is a tall tree, and one of the rarest trees in South Africa, occurring in ravine forest in just 2 river gorges....
Leucospermum tottum
Leucospermum tottum is a handsome, much branched shrub whose flowers are excellent for flower arranging....
Leucospermum truncatulum
Leucospermum truncatulum provides form, texture and colour to the garden, with its upright stems that are neatly covered in rounded leaves, and clusters...
Lachnospermum imbricatum
A beautiful shrub with pink or purple-centred, daisy-like flowers surrounded by a ring of white, papery bracts. Occurring in the extreme southwestern Cape,...
Leysera gnaphalodes
Leysera gnaphalodes is a perennial aromatic shrublet with radiant yellow flowers that occurs in the winter rainfall parts of South Africa and Namibia....
Limonium peregrinum
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Ledebouria cooperi
A widespread and common species usually associated with water or moist vegetation types, Cooper’s African Hyacinth is an attractive, small bulbous...
Liparia angustifolia
Liparia angustifolia is an elusive little fynbos shrub growing in the understorey of lowland fynbos vegetation. It is beautiful thanks to bright yellow...
Liparia hirsuta
With its silvery, hairy calyx and bright yellow flowers, Liparia hirsuta is an eye-catching plant....
Liparia splendens subsp. splendens
Liparia splendens is a beautiful fynbos shrub with striking bright orange-yellow, nodding flowerheads in winter-summer, a rare find both in the wild...
Lippia javanica
For the avid herb gardener with an interest in medicinal plants Lippia javanica with its dense creamy white, flower heads and aromatic leaves...
Litanthus pusillus
The Tom Thumb hyacinth (Litanthus pusilus) is a dwarf bulbous plant, widespread but little known due to its size: William Harvey (1844) who first described...
Leucadendron teretifolium
Rosy red cones and dense, compact growth, make Leucadendron teretifolium hard to miss, when walking in the veld....
Lithops optica
Lithops are probably the most well known and popular member of the large succulent plant family, the Aizoaceae. They are commonly called living stones...
Lithops
Lithops are one of the most popular of all the succulents. These fat, cheeky little succulents plants have been grown for decades by amateur and professional...
Lachenalia corymbosa
Lachenalia corymbosa is one of five brightly coloured, bulbous geophytes, which were previously in the genus Polyxena, but have now been included...
Lithops olivacea
Lithops species are probably amongst the most well-camouflaged and cryptic plants in the world. Their common name, stone plant, is particularly apt, as...
Lobelia aquaemontis
Flowering with masses of sky-blue flowers, this delicate little lobelia gives a lovely display for many months in summer....
Lobelia
A large cosmopolitan genus of many garden ornamentals of which the popular Lobelia erinus is one of the sixty-nine species native to South Africa....
Lampranthus amoenus
A robust and reliable succulent shrub that gives a dazzling display of pink/mauve flowers in spring....