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Aloe gariepensis
Aloe gariepensis is a very hardy aloe from the arid regions of South Africa and Namibia and is restricted to the lower reaches of the Gariep River also...
Plecostachys serpyllifolia
An easy-to-grow, grey-leaved perennial that forms a mound as its slender stems tangle together most delightfully. Perfect for a mixed herbaceous border...
Hypocalyptus sophoroides
Hypocalyptus sophoroides is a graceful shrub producing lots of colour in spring along with a beautiful sweet fragrance....
Berzelia abrotanoides
Berzelia abrotanoides is a distinctive and beautiful, softly textured shrub endemic to the Western Cape. Displays of masses of fluffy ball-like flower...
Barleria heterotricha subsp.heterotricha
A hardy indigenous plant with interesting leaf colour and texture for sunny areas in your garden....
Pelargonium greytonense
This is a fairly small, fragrant pelargonium for the scented garden....
Grewia monticola
The mountain-loving Grewia monticola has beautiful, bright yellow flowers. It is a frost-resistant, hardy shrub or small tree that is adaptable to all...
Zantedeschia
Clump-forming perennials, cherished around the globe for their lush foliage and ornate blooms of white, yellow, pink and red....
Crassula alpestris
A unique and intriguing dwarf succulent from the Crassula family with the curious ability to cover itself in sand....
Lannea discolor
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Conophytym obcordellum subsp. obcordellum
Minute but spectacular; Conophytum species are amongst the most intriguing of all dwarf succulents and C. obcordellum is perhaps one of the most spectacular...
Grewia flavescens
The light green Grewia flavescens has beautiful, bright yellow, and sometimes fragrant flowers. It is a frost-resistant, hardy shrub or small...
Chlorophytum comosum
Chlorophytum comosum is a perennial lily-like plant with tuberous roots, bearing spreading to recurved soft leaves from a central rosette and an elongated...
Spatalla mollis
Spatalla mollis boasts attractive flower headlets of white or mauve flowers from July to December. The small shrubs blend in well with the surrounding...
Drosera pauciflora
Drosera pauciflora is another large-flowered, winter-growing carnivorous plant from South Africa....
Moraea loubseri
Moraea loubseri is a beautiful cormous plant from the Cape West Coast with violet-mauve blooms adorned with a prominent black beard. It is one of...
Eriocephalus
Highly aromatic shrubs which are most distinctive when covered in fluffy white fruiting heads from late spring to early summer. Thus the vernacular name, kapokbos (Afrikaans...
Lachenalia neilii
Lachenalia neilii is a bulb endemic to the Bokkeveld Plateau and grows in heavy doleritic clay....
Felicia dubia
The blue and yellow dwarf felicia is one of the many annuals turning Namaqualand into such a kaleidoscope of colours during winter and spring....
Nemesia strumosa
This striking annual comes in yellow, orange, pink, cream, red, mauve or white, and on its own it is capable of creating a riot of colours so typical of...