Plants of the Week

Begonia homonyma

Common names: large-leaved wild begonia (Eng.); wildebegonia (Afr.); idlula (Zul.)

Family: Begoniaceae

A soft, fleshy perennial with a swollen stem base, red-tinged stems and white or pink flowers in summer. It is an attractive, shade garden plant and pot...

13 / 07 / 2020 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG

Begonia geranioides

Common names: geranium-leaved wild begonia (Eng.); wildebegonia (Afr.); iDlula ilimhlophe (IsiZulu)

Family: Begoniaceae

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06 / 09 / 2010 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Begonia dregei

Common names: dwarf wild begonia, maple-leaved begonia, wild begonia (Eng.); wildebegonia (Afr.); iDlula (IsiZulu)

Family: Begoniaceae

Begonia dregei is a spectacular herbaceous, summer-flowering, shade-loving perennial that makes an excellent indoor display pot plant. It is an evergreen...

14 / 06 / 2010 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Becium obovatum

See Ocimum obovatum...

04 / 07 / 2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bauhinia tomentosa

Common names: Yellow Bauhinia (Eng) Geelbeesklou (Afr): IsiThibathibana (Zulu)

Family: Fabaceae

This medium to large shrub with its attractive, light green, two-lobed leaves produces beautiful, bright yellow flowers with black to maroon coloured centres...

16 / 05 / 2005 | Lou-nita LeRoux | Lowveld NBG

Bauhinia petersiana subsp. macrantha

Common names: Kalahari bauhinia, Kalahari camel’s foot, coffee neat's foot (Eng.); kalaharibauhinia, kalaharibeesklou, koffiebeesklou (Afr.); motsantsa, mogotswe

Family: Fabaceae

This low-growing, evergreen tree or scrambler, boasts with large, pleasantly scented white flowers in midsummer....

17 / 09 / 2018 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bauhinia natalensis

Common names: Natal bauhinia (Eng.); Natalsebeesklou (Afr.)

Family: Fabaceae

This is a versatile, dainty shrub with butterfly-shaped leaves and pretty, white, maroon-striped flowers....

13 / 02 / 2006 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bauhinia galpinii

Common names: Pride of De Kaap (Eng); Vlam-van-die-Vlakte (Afr).

Family: Fabaceae

With attractive brick red flowers from December onwards this scrambling shrub is a summer delight in many gardens....

12 / 02 / 2001 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Bauhinia bowkeri

Common names: Kei Bauhinia, Kei White Bauhinia (Eng.), Keibeesklou (Afr.), umDlandlovu (Xhosa)

Family: Fabaceae

A tall, graceful shrub with arching stems, decorative rounded foliage and fragrant white flowers in early summer, best in warm, dry gardens where frost...

24 / 12 / 2001 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Barringtonia racemosa

Common names: powderpuff tree (Eng.); poeierkwasboom (Afr.); iBhoqo (isiZulu)

Family: Lecythidaceae

This beautiful mangrove tree is easily recognized by its large leaves, delicate white flowers and guava-like fruit that hang in long racemes....

14 / 01 / 2008 | M Cheek | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Barleria wilmsiana

Common names: Wilms’s barleria (Eng.); Wilms-se-barleria (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

A beautiful garden plant but difficult to grow....

19 / 03 / 2018 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG

Barleria virgula

Common names: sand bush violet (Eng.); sandbosviooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

‘The drier I get, the better I flower!’...

13 / 03 / 2017 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG

Barleria soutpansbergensis

Common names: Soutpansberg bush violet (Eng.); Soutpansberg-bosviooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

The Soutpansberg bush violet is a newly described species only known from the western Soutpansberg Centre of Plant Endemism, Limpopo Province, where it...

23 / 09 / 2024 | Ntsakisi Masia | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership