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Marchantia berteroana
Marchantia berteroana is of one the most attractive and relatively large liverworts in South Africa. It thrives in constantly damp, shaded areas....
Erica brachialis
Erica brachialis is not the showiest of ericas; it is a long-lived, easy-to-grow and discreetly decorative shrub that is well suited to coastal gardens...
Zanthoxylum capense
A large number of Zanthoxylum species have been studied and most of them contain biologically active benzophenanthridine alkaloids. Of particular...
Serruria villosa
Serruria villosa is a charming sweetly scented shrublet suited to the wild fynbos garden....
Gasteria carinata
Gasteria carinata is a small to medium-sized aloe-like plant bearing triangular, mottled, channelled leaves and racemes of pinkish flowers during...
Brachylaena transvaalensis
This medium to large tree with its dark green glossy leaves produces dense clusters of whitish flowers from July to September....
Pelargonium acraeum
This pelargonium provides year-round colour to your garden.Illustration by M.E. ConnellFlowering Plants of South Africa vol. 20, plate no. 779...
Cheiridopsis purpurea
Cheiridopsis purpurea is a small succulent endemic to the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape, with brilliant, intense, magenta-pink flowers....
Gasteria pulchra
Gasteria pulchra is a small to medium-sized aloe-like plant bearing narrow and pointed, ascending, dark-mottled green leaves and a loose panicle of...
Diascia lewisiae
According to K.E. Steiner, who described the species, Diascia lewisiae is known from only two localities on the Roggeveld escarpment near Nieuwoudtville...
Samolus porosus
Samolus porosus is a very adaptable herbaceous plant found growing in a variety of moist or wet habitats and often under harsh coastal conditions....
Bulbinella
The genus Bulbinella includes 18 species occurring in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa and an additional six species from...
Streptocarpus vandeleurii
This is an unusual herbaceous plant that consists of only one leaf with an impressive inflorescence of creamy white flowers that will die once it has flowered...
Cyrtanthus leucanthus
Cyrtanthus leucanthus, stimulated to flower by fire, is a threatened species of the largest African genus in the Amaryllidaceae family....
Tephrosia kraussiana
Tephrosia kraussiana is relatively easy to cultivate. Its pinkish-purple flowers will add colour to gardens....
Erica canaliculata
Erica canaliculata is a most impressive species that grows into a small tree that is covered with thousands of small pink flowers in summer. This...
Garcinia gerrardii
Related to the mangosteen from India, the forest garcinia is not a well-known garden ornamental, but it could be. It has fragrant flowers in early summer,...
Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia
This well known, drought and wind resistant, indigenous plant can grow into a shrub as it is usually multi-stemmed, or a small tree when the lower branches...
Plectranthus ernstii
Plectranthus ernstii is a slow growing, semi-succulent perennial with swollen stems and a compact habit that resembles a bonsai, ideal for pot plants...
Diascia insignis
Diascia insignis, with its beautiful tiny reddish-purple flowers, is known only in and around Nieuwoudtville....