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Drosanthemum hallii
Plant... shape and a fibrous root system that allows it to take up water quickly. The branches can grow up to 270 mm long with ... flowers. This species has very fleshy leaves that store water and food during the dry and hot dormant period of the ... well in groups and is also famous as a plant for water-wise gardens, as it is drought-tolerant. Use it as a focal ...
Crassula fascicularis
Plant... them to photosynthesise normally without losing much water through their leaves, known as Crassulacean Acid ... stomata (pores in the leaves) and cannot avoid losing water at the same time through these open pores. In Crassula ... sunny rockery or terrace wall, the fynbos garden, or water-wise garden. It is easy to grow in containers and can also be ...
Crassula rubricaulis
Plant... them to photosynthesize normally without losing much water through their leaves, known as Crassulacean Acid ... their stomata (pores in the leaves) and can't avoid losing water at the same time through these open pores. In Crassula ... watering during summer as well. This is an excellent water-wise shrublet, well-suited to rockeries, terrace walls, ...
Coleus neochilus
Plant... grey-green foliage, which is often associated with water-wise plants. The succulent stems and leaves store water and prevent wilting, and the light coloured leaves ...
... and has a fibrous root system for quick absorption of water. The cylindrical, grey-green leaves are loosely ... grow in harsh dry conditions. It has the ability to store water in its large succulent leaves and only uses this water ... and landscape industry, as an excellent water-wise plant or in rockeries. Cylindrophyllum comptonii ...
Aloe castanea
Plant... very well in cultivation and is suitable for rockeries and water-wise gardens, where the winter is cool with light frost or no ... be planted in a well-drained soil. During hot weather, water once a week and twice a month in normal summer ...
Monocymbium ceresiiforme
Plant... grasslands and savannas. Monocymbium ceresiiforme is a water-wise and drought-tolerant grass. This grass is very hard and ... soil comes up to about the level of your hand on the plant.Water thoroughly, ensuring the excess water drains from the ...
Avicennia marina
Plant... on the tree, fruit usually splitting after falling; water-dispersed. This is a pioneer mangrove, and among the ... bird species. Avicenniaceae You have a small, cold, water-wise garden? Then this is one of the half-dozen worst ...
... the mother plant or may flow a further distance through water run-off. On the dry days, the capsules close again as ... seeds inside. Most mesembs have the ability to store water in their fleshy stems and leaves, which gives them an ... sunny rockery bringing colour and texture to arid or water-wise gardens, in winter-rainfall regions. Mesembryanthemum ...
Stapelia
Plant... as container plants. They are excellent subjects for a water-wise garden. The sterile stems are very attractive when ... than those originating from the drier regions. Rather water plants sparingly than excessively. The plants require a ...