Plants of the Week
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Gazania linearis
Gazania linearis, commonly known as the treasure flower, is a vibrant perennial that brings a splash of colour to gardens with its striking bright yellow...
Albuca cremnophila
Albuca cremnophila is a solitary to cluster-forming, bulbous cliff-hanger with long, narrow pendent leaves that grow to more than 1 m long and white...
Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca grandiflora, an evergreen succulent native to South America, is widely known as an ornamental plant and has naturalised in parts of South Africa....
Aloe komatiensis
Aloe komatiensis is a summer-flowering, stemless succulent with leaves arranged in a tight spiral, creating a striking rosette of vibrant green leaves,...
Aloe liliputana
Aloe liliputana is the world’s smallest aloe, barely 130 mm tall when in flower, with thin, wiry leaves spreading from a central rosette, and small...
Kniphofia pauciflora
This few-flowered, small poker with slender, lax flowerheads of gently flaring tubular yellow flowers, is one of the rarest species of Kniphofia. It is...
Aloe saundersiae
Aloe saundersiae is among the smallest aloes of the world, with ascending spreading, linear leaves from a central rosette and small pinkish white flowers...
Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri
Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri is a dwarf, cliff-hugging succulent from the southeastern parts of South Africa. The plants are dwarf, rosette-forming,...
Tritonia nelsonii
A breathtaking flowering plant which boasts vibrant orange-red flowers that bloom in late summer, adding delicate beauty and lovely colour to gardens and...
Camphora officinarum
The camphor tree is a large, evergree tree with a dense canopy of glossy, light green leaves, sprays of small white to pale yellow flowers in spring and...
Cinnamomum camphora
This species is now called Camphora officinarum ...
Combretum afrum
Small to medium-sized tree, 5–10 m tall, with shiny green, drooping, willow-like foliage, greenish yellow flowers in spherical heads in spring, and...
Combretum caffrum
See Combretum afrum...
Cryptocarya myrtifolia
Evergreen tree, 10–20 m tall, leaves green above, bluish below, very small cream flowers in clusters in early summer followed by reddish fruits....
Faurea macnaughtonii
A tall, evergreen, forest tree to 25 m, with a dense, rounded crown. Bark smooth and pale becoming dark and rough. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate,...
Ficus macrophylla
A large evergreen tree with a massive, heavily buttressed trunk, large, dark green, leathery leaves and small figs. A tree may reach up to 60 m tall with...
Ginkgo biloba
A long-lived, tall, slender, sparsely branched deciduous tree up to 20–35 m tall with an angular crown and distinctive fan-shaped leaves that turn...
Maytenus undata
A bushy shrub or small tree with a rounded crown, glossy leaves, unarmed branches, sweet-smelling flowers in summer and yellow to reddish-brown fruits...