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Monocymbium ceresiiforme
Boat grass is an attractive, short, sometimes dense, tufted grass with a reddish tint. It is easily recognised by the single raceme with its fine, bent...
Treculia africana
Treculia africana, a fast-growing, multipurpose tree, usually found in forest, along streams or in swampy areas at an altitude up to 1 500 m. It holds...
Euphorbia radyeri
With its bold, bluish-green, spiny stems and sculptural form, Euphorbia radyeri rises like a desert sentinel – a hardy jewel thriving in the harsh,...
Aspalathus amoena
Aspalathus amoena is a beautiful but not very well-known fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, with pale yellow flowers and fine green leaves,...
Gladiolus robertsoniae
Gladiolus robertsoniae is a rare endemic species from the southern highveld, easily recognised by its striking and attractive, bright white or pale lilac,...
Adromischus umbraticola subsp. ramosus
Adromischus umbraticola subsp. ramosus is a cliff-hugging succulent from the northern parts of South Africa, mainly growing on cliffs. The plants are dwarf,...
Bulbine retinens
Bulbine retinens is an obligatory cliff-dweller, hugging the quarzitic sandstone cliffs along the Kouga River in the Eastern Cape. It has rosettes of ascending,...
Dierama pulcherrimum
This large, elegant geophyte makes a striking garden display with its graceful, arching stems and delicate pendulous bell-shaped flowers that dance in...
Aponogeton distachyos
This is a well known local delicacy for the cold winter months. It has become so popular that many commercial plantings have been made in ponds around...
Acmadenia heterophylla
This is a delicate looking shrub with starry pink flowers and a sweet lemony scent when touched. It belongs to the citrus family (Rutaceae) with most of...
Dimorphotheca pluvialis
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is always one of the first spring annuals to flower at Kirstenbosch....
Heliophila coronopifolia
This dainty, blue annual is an absolute delight when it comes into flower. Upright and graceful, with small cups of bright blue flowers,the plants appear...
Erica 'Gengold'
It is not often that one unearths a gem that has developed by chance. The hybridisation of two species of Erica in the Harold Porter National Botanical...
Leucospermum cordifolium
From the middle of July to the end of November groups of Leucospermum cordifolium shrubs provide vivid splashed of orange and red in the Fynbos...
Pelargonium cordifolium
Pelargonium cordifolium is a spreading, branched aromatic shrub, reaching a height of more than 1.5 metres....
Cyclopia genistoides
Honeybush is well known in the Cape, not so much as a garden shrub, but as a herbal tea....
Leucadendron argenteum
The sight of these giant silver proteas against the mountain must be one of nature's finest and is one to treasure. These beautiful trees, with their...
Leucospermum oleifolium
One of the most rewarding and charming pincushions to plant on its own in a small garden, or together with other fynbos plants in a larger garden....
Lampranthus roseus
Commonly cultivated shrubby succulents, covered with brilliant pink flowers in spring...