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Otholobium fruticans
An attractive, mat-forming groundcover or semi-shrub that bears beautiful sprays of pea-like, purple-blue flowers in spring....
Otholobium virgatum
This is a mat-forming and low-growing, trailing, ground cover with masses of mauve-pink, pea-like flowers in spring....
Othonna arbuscula
A small succulent shrub from the arid areas of southern Africa, which has the appearance of a small tree or bonsai....
Othonna cakilefolia
One of only three Othonna species with pink to magenta florets; its striking, pink daisy-like flower heads, make it a desirable member of the genus.Fig....
Othonna dentata
This blue-grey succulent shrublet is ideally suited to coastal gardens and deserves to be more popular with gardeners....
Othonna euphorbioides
A thorny, yet charming, mound-forming species of Othonna with striking yellow flowers to brighten your garden in the cold winter days....
Othonna herrei
This bonsai-like Othonna is unique and certainly the most remarkable species in the genus....
Othonna perfoliata
An Othonna with striking yellow flowers, found lurking among tall vegetation, to brighten your garden in the cold winter days....
Othonna quinquedentata
The five-tooth baboon cabbage, with its thick, light green, slightly fleshy leaves, looks inconspicuous at most times of the year but a few months after...
Othonna retrofracta
Othonna retrofracta, with its bonsai-like appearance, is suitable for water-wise gardens in arid areas....
Othonna triplinervia
A succulent shrub that flourishes in heavy, winter rainfall areas. Its rounded growth form and velvety foliage, makes this plant a desirable specimen for...
Ottosonderia monticola
Ottosonderia monticola is a dwarf, tufted mesemb, with ascending flowering branches above the leaf canopy. The flowering branch remains active for more...
Oxalis
Members of the genus Oxalis — with their brightly coloured delicate flowers, clover-like leaves and corolla lobes twisted in the bud — are...
Oxalis hirta
A vigorous, easy-to-grow, ornamental Oxalis with branched stems and attractive magenta-pink flowers in winter and spring....
Oxalis purpurea
A common but undervalued South African native plant, Oxalis purpurea can make a most magnificent garden plant that flowers for half the year....
Oxyanthus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis
Medley Wood described this loquat-like shrub as ‘an exceedingly handsome shrub of good habit, growing generally under large trees in those parts...
Oxytenanthera abyssinica
A large, woody plant that belongs in the grass family, Poaceae, and is endemic to Africa, known as the holy Venda bamboo, wild bamboo or musununu in South...
Ozoroa barbertonensis
Ozoroa barbertonensis is different from the rest of the southern African species of Ozoroa, with its beautiful, much longer, narrow leaves with shiny upper...
Ozoroa obovata var. elliptica
The broad-leaved resin tree is a semi-deciduous to evergreen shrub or tree that is suitable for small gardens....
Ozoroa paniculosa
An attractive, small to medium-sized tree. Its leaves are bluish grey above and silvery below with strikingly straight, parallel side veins....