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Gladiolus caryophyllaceus
Gladiolus caryophyllaceus is a robust and beautiful pink-flowered cormous plant with a heady perfume reminiscent of cloves and carnations. It makes...
Gladiolus crassifolius
A dainty perennial geophyte, with substantial stems and brightly coloured flowers; it grows wild in well-drained, rocky grasslands of eastern southern...
Gladiolus dalenii
Gladiolus dalenii and other Gladiolus species are popular garden plants, cultivated in Europe for more than 250 years and renowned for their striking,...
Gladiolus ecklonii
A cormous plant with beautiful, variously spotted, pink, red or purple flowers on a white background, in summer....
Gladiolus guthriei
Gladiolus guthriei is a beautiful and highly fragrant species, making it a very worthy addition to the winter garden or container collection.South...
Gladiolus longicollis
Gladiolus longicollis has pale yellow to white, long-tubed, night-blooming flowers that are either uniformly coloured or mottled with brown and have a...
Gladiolus loteniensis
The Critically Rare Gladiolus loteniensis blossoms into a delicate plant, with small mauve flowers....
Gladiolus monticola
When you find yourself walking on the top of Table Mountain in February or March, you might be fortunate to lay eyes on this rare beauty with its delicately...
Gladiolus oppositiflorus
Gladioli are popular garden plants, cultivated in Europe for more than 250 years and renowned for their striking, colourful flowers. But did...
Gladiolus papilio
When exploring the wetlands of the eastern regions of South Africa, these pinkish mauve, nodding flowers are sure to capture your attention....
Gladiolus rehmannii
Gladiolus rehmannii is a very attractive garden plant, forming part of the tremendous diversity within the Iris family. It has large, white to pale...
Gladiolus stefaniae
Gladiolus stefaniae is a cormous, autumn-flowering plant, with exquisite, large, scarlet or carmine blooms. Although rare in the wild, its cultivation...
Gladiolus vandermerwei
Gladiolus vandermerwei is a highly threatened species, occurring in the Ruens Renosterveld areas of the Eastern Overberg. This species has become a flagship...
Gladiolus venustus
Gladiolus venustus is a showy species, with fragrant, purple or pink and yellow flowers in spring, best suited for the arid regions of the winter-rainfall...
Gladiolus virgatus
Lovers of the outdoors visiting Nature Reserves in the Boland mountains of the Western Cape, will often be enthralled by cheerful displays of pretty pink...
Gloriosa superba
Gloriosa superba is a striking climber with unusual and beautiful, red and yellow, flame-like flowers in summer; it is suitable for shade or sun, and is...
Glottiphyllum regium
Glottiphyllum regium is a hardy, clump-forming succulent that produces masses of showy, large, yellow flowers from mid-winter until early summer....
Gnidia denudata
Gnidia denudata is an attractive bushy shrub with long hairs that gives an effect of silver-like foliage. Like any other Gnidia species, it has terminal...
Gnidia kraussiana
Gnidia kraussiana is a useful medicinal plant, but can be very poisonous to humans. It can also be very poisonous to foraging animals....
Gnidia squarrosa
Gnidia squarrosa has attractive, multicoloured winter-spring flowers that will fill your garden with perfume in the evenings....