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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...
Dimorphotheca pluvialis
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is always one of the first spring annuals to flower at Kirstenbosch....
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...
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...
Argyrella canescens
This pretty shrub looks remarkably like a dwarf version of the related South American tibouchina trees (Tibouchina and Pleroma spp.) which are grown in...
Rosettea princeps
Rosettea princeps is an outstanding garden plant with magnificent flowers and decorative foliage. It is easy to grow, and is ideal for the water or vlei...
Crassula montana subsp. quadrangularis
Crassula montana subsp. quadrangularis is a densely dividing cliff-hugging plant with leaves in tight square rosettes and white to pinkish flowers in flat-topped...
Berkheya angusta
A woody shrub characterized by its spiny narrow leaves, and yellow flower heads typical of the Berkheya genus, that stands out for its striking appearance...
Crassula montana subsp. montana
Crassula montana subsp. montana is a dwarf solitary to sparingly or densely dividing plant with mottled leaves in tight, cup-shaped rosettes and a spike-like...
Adenandra villosa
Adenandra villosa is a Western Cape endemic shrublet with aromatic leaves and bright white flowers in spring....
Lotononis lotononoides
Lotononis lotononoides is not a well-known species, but, this evergreen shrub still has something to offer even when it is not in flower. Its distinctive...
Crassula pseudhemisphaerica
Crassula pseudhemisphaerica is a dwarf, cluster-forming, cliff-hugging succulent to 200 mm high when in flower, with distinctly mottled leaves in...
Albuca setosa
Albuca setosa commonly known as thick slime-lily, is a member of the Asparagus family, and endemic to southern Africa. It is a deciduous perennial geophyte...
Stachys thunbergii
A sprawling aromatic perennial herb with prickly stems and whorls of reddish to purple tubular flowers in summer....
Polhillia stirtoniana
A newly described Renosterveld pea family plant, characterized by bright yellow flowers, silvery leaves and dense terminal branching that shapes it into...
Lobelia pinifolia
Hardy, fine-leaved small shrub from the fynbos. Very rewarding since it can light up your garden over the warm summer months. More rewards are in store...
Secamone alpini
Robust climber or sometimes a scrambling shrub, with milky latex, glossy dark green leaves and rope-like stems, found along forest margins in thicket,...
Ledebouria altopaludosa
Compact dwarf bulbous plant with broad rounded leaves and pale lilac flowers, found in high altitude wetlands on the edges of peat mires. Easy to grow...
Trichodiadema stayneri
Trichodiadema stayneri is a mat-forming succulent with bright mauve flowers and bristle-tipped leaves. It was presumed to be extinct because it was last...
Crassula perforata subsp. kougaensis
Crassula perforata subsp. kougaensis is a dwarf cliff-hanger, with pendent branches densely covered in leaves and forming a 4-angled cylindrical body bearing...