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Nemesia fruticans
This dainty, long-flowering perennial is a charming addition to the summer garden, but what is commonly sold in nurseries as Nemesia fruticans may be due...
Alberta magna
This is a very impressive indigenous shrub or tree, especially when in flower or fruit. Alberta magna is not only treasured by tree collectors and gardeners...
Helichrysum populifolium
Helichrysum populifolium is a shade-loving shrub with very attractive grey foliage....
Dimorphotheca sinuata
This showy annual creates sheets of brilliant orange when it flowers in Namaqualand in early spring, drawing visitors from near and far. This particularly...
Strelitzia nicolai
This is a tall, striking foliage plant related to the well-known Crane Flower, Strelitzia reginae....
Sterculia murex
It is not only the beauty of the flowers that creates interest in this tree, but also the unique appearance of its fruit and the lovely, palmately compound...
Heteropyxis natalensis
This is an attractive small tree suitable for townhouse gardens....
Diospyros whyteana
This enticing little tree has so many wonderful features: dark green, strikingly glossy leaves; creamy fragrant flowers; unusual smooth, dark grey, almost...
Dietes bicolor
With its unusual flowers, attractive shape and ease of cultivation, the yellow wild iris is a versatile garden plant....
Diastella proteoides
This dainty member of the protea family is threatened with extinction as its habitat disappears....
Leucosidea sericea
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Haemanthus albiflos
Haemanthus albiflos is the best known of the three evergreen species of Haemanthus and with its handsome leaves, long flowering season and red berries...
Searsia lancea
The karee is a small- to medium-sized evergreen tree that usually grows to a height of 7 m and a width of 7 m but can be larger depending on environmental...
Protea repens
Protea repens is an excellent addition to any wildlife-friendly garden as the large amount of nectar produced by the flowers attracts birds, bees and other...
Tarchonanthus camphoratus
This interesting small tree with its attractive grey foliage is particularly suited to tough conditions. It was a very variable and widespread species...
Erica urna-viridis
Erica urna-viridis is a very unusual erica as it produces green sticky flowers. This is a very unusual colour in the Cape Flora....
Clivia mirabilis
The discovery in the Nieuwoudtville area of the Northern Cape of a most unusual new Clivia species, Clivia mirabilis, caused much excitement in the botanical...
Encephalartos woodii
Encephalartos woodii is famous for being extinct in nature, and for the fact that there is no known female specimen on Earth....
Diascia rigescens
This attractive, dainty South African perennial will do well in temperate gardens around the world. Easy to grow and long-flowering, this is an ideal plant...
Syzygium pondoense
This attractive small tree is rare in nature. But it has great horticultural potential, despite its tongue twister of a name which is pronounced sigh-zig-ee-um...