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Crassula fascicularis
An elegant little succulent shrub, with beautiful and fragrant spring flowers, ideal for pots, rockeries and fynbos gardens....
Ottosonderia monticola
Ottosonderia monticola is a dwarf, tufted mesemb, with ascending flowering branches above the leaf canopy. The flowering branch remains active for more...
Aloe petricola
The rock aloe, true to its name, is perfect for rocky areas in the garden, producing beautiful bicoloured flowers that will attract nectar-feeding birds...
Faurea galpinii
The forest beechwood is a small, evergreen tree which can at times occur as a shrub. This species is confined to high-altitude mist-belt areas in mountainous...
Ledebouria petiolata
This wonderful, attractive, small but hardy bulb, previously known as Drimiopsis maculata, is tolerant of neglect and fairly easy to grow, has purple,...
Eumorphia prostrata
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Selago tarachodes
Selago tarachodes is a neat, compact, herbaceous perennial, with shiny green leaves and masses of showy, white, flower-heads, that flowers throughout the...
Diastella fraterna
The Palmiet silkypuff is a decorative shrublet with a sprinkling of pretty puffy white flowers almost all year round....
Senecio littoreus
Senecio littoreus is a small, but tough, erect annual, well suited to extreme coastal conditions....
Nerine bowdenii
Nerine bowdenii is an autumn-flowering geophyte with impressive, large, pink or rarely pure white blooms, carried on long sturdy stems. It is the most...
Triumfetta annua
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Sterculia alexandri
Sterculia alexandri is a medium-sized, thickset tree with compound leaves and yellow flowers. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape, west of Port Elizabeth,...
Gymnosporia buxifolia
Gymnosporia buxifolia is a very showy plant when in flower and can grow into an interesting and shapely small tree over time. It can be pruned to form...
Ursinia chrysanthemoides
A showy upright or mat-forming spring flowering perennial with daisy flowers in various colours....
Serruria decipiens
The Sandveld spiderhead is a small rounded fynbos shrub with clusters of sweetly scented, creamy white flowers in spring; it is well suited to fynbos gardens...
Watsonia tabularis
Watsonia tabularis has showy summer flowers, attracts Sunbirds and Sugarbirds and is well suited to fynbos gardens....
Crassula sarcocaulis
Crassula sarcocaulis is one of the few plants that has a tree-like form, in miniature. It’s also a tough, water-wise, drought- and cold-tolerant...
Searsia lucida
A versatile shrub or small tree, with attractive shiny leaves and creamy white flowers, which are followed by green fruits that ripen to red-brown and...
Ficus polita subsp. polita
Next time you attend one of Kirstenbosch’s summer sunset concerts, see if you can spot the Afrotropical Ficus polita subsp. polita, growing on the...
Erica peziza
A beautiful fynbos shrub that turns snowy white when it flowers in spring....