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Ornithogalum conicum
Plant... in very well-drained soil. They are well suited to fynbos gardens, coastal gardens, rockeries and containers. ... thrysoides and O. dubium , are probably the best known as garden plants, pot plants and cutflowers. Ornithogalum conium ... bulbs from the Cape of Good Hope to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in 1835. The specimens were produced in the ...
Aloe varimaculata
Plant... of his earlier visits to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Aloe varimaculata was also found later on the same ...
Serruria brownii
Plant... grows fast and will quickly mature into a bushy shrublet. Fynbos species like serrurias are not long-lived plants and ... The bottlebrush spiderhead requires the following in a fynbos garden: well-drained granitic soil that, once planted, is ...
Mimetes cucullatus
Plant... by rodents. Proteaceae Mimetes cucullatus is a rewarding garden plant, giving colour all year round and forming a ... preferably organic, and steer clear of manures and other strong fertilizers. When in doubt, plant fynbos plants on a slope in an area that gets some degree of ...
Acmadenia macropetala
Plant... Acmadenia macropetala easily adapts to growing in the garden where it requires full sun and well-drained soil. It ... or patio. Buchu plants occur naturally in a mixture of fynbos plants and can be used in the same way. Planted with a ... pot the rooted cuttings, using a well drained, humus-rich, fynbos potting medium (2 parts leaf mould, 1 part coarse ...
Serruria rosea
Plant... they are fruits) are released two months after flowering. Fynbos is a fire-driven system which means the vegetation ... away from predators like mice. Fire moves through the fynbos in late summer killing all the mother plants of S. ... combine very well with shades of grey and white in the garden. Plants like Thamnochortus cinereus , Syncarpha ...
Stapelia gigantea
Plant... and 1 to 5 flowers develop successively. Flowers have a strong, unpleasant scent. They are large, 12–40 cm in ... upper side. (Photo Karin van der Walt) The flowers have a strong smell of decaying flesh (hence carrion flowers), which ... gigantea in a flowerbed at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. (Photo SANBI) The giant carrion flower is widely ...
Watsonia vanderspuyiae
Plant... feeding on the nectar of this species growing in the garden, and in the wild, additional pollinators are likely to ... the top downwards, releasing the light, winged seeds in strong gusts of wind. Iridaceae Due to its large size, this ... temperate climates. It is especially well suited to large fynbos gardens, displayed between rocks and low-growing ...
Craibia brownii
Plant... from 6 to 20 m tall. In the Lowveld National Botanical Garden, the stem branches from near the base to give a ... and Millettia excelsa . In the Lowveld National Botanical Garden, butterflies are observed to be the pollinators of ... adult trees. Fabaceae In the Lowveld National Botanical Garden, Craibia brownii grows very easily from seeds. Harvest ...
Leucadendron discolor
Plant... with a shallower, weaker root system but if planted in a garden situation with regular watering this is not too much ... into small bags and grow on until ready to plant into the garden. Sow seed in April when the days are warm and the ... or after one year's growth, they can be planted into the garden. Seed can also be sown directly where you want the ...