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Seriphium plumosum
Plant... are minute, tufted and pressed to the stem, giving the plant a granular appearance. In the wild there are different ... to survive long, dry summers. It is an aromatic plant, yielding volatile oil, which is also a protective measure as the plant is seldom eaten by stock and then only when the plant ...
Rhoicissus tridentata
Plant... shiny, dark or bluish green, leathery. New branches of the plant are usually covered in rusty or velvety greyish hairs. ... and apply compost in order to retain moisture until the plant is well established. Plants do well in full sun to semi-shade, and can also handle shade. This is an ideal plant for a cascading wall, large hanging baskets, screening ...
... brown and closes. The seeds ripen and are stored on the plant within the flower head. The hairy nut seeds take about ... the seeds are held within the dried flower heads on the plant for long periods of time. This protects the seed from ... being eaten by animals. When there is a fire, the mother plant is killed and this is when the flower heads burst open ...
Streptocarpus polyanthus
Plant... meaning it will die after flowering and seeding, the plant as a whole will seem to be perennial and flower a ... No stems are present; each leaf is actually an individual plant with its own roots and flowering stems. Each leaf ... in a spiral, releasing lots of very fine dark seeds. This plant is relatively fast growing as it takes one year for a ...
Cotyledon orbiculata
Plant... ipewula (isiZulu) Free State NBG This succulent plant has thick leaves which may vary from green to grey, ... attract bees and birds, which feed on the nectar of the plant. The silver-grey leaves of some forms owe much of their ... Crassulaceae Cotyledon orbiculata is an easy-to-grow plant suitable for a number of places in the garden. It is an ...
... that grows to a height of between 300 and 400 mm. The plant is multi-stemmed and stems are square shaped. The ... or even in semi-shade. It serves as an excellent filler plant, and can be used in an herbaceous border or even as a pot plant, as it is a low-growing shrub. These plants are easily ...
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Plant... by serrated emerald-green leaves. Each individual plant grows from a corm and then puts out a horizontal rhizome from which the next plant grows. In this way the plant can quickly form dense stands. Flower stems rise above ...
Oxytenanthera abyssinica
Plant... furrows to one side (sulcate). Bamboo is a wind-pollinated plant. Oxytenanthera abyssinica is a larval foodplant for ... than sexual reproduction through seed germination, the plant propagates asexually from rhizomes. The abundance of ... river valleys. Seeds naturally spread close to the mother plant and are further distributed by animals and water. It is ...
Protea lacticolor
Plant... they take about 7 months to ripen, and will remain on the plant for years until the plant dies, or a fire occurs, or if insects consume the ... is also wind and drought tolerant, making it a water-wise plant for gardens. Proteas are serotinous; when a plant dies ...
Roridula dentata
Plantflycatcher bush, bug plant, fly bush (Eng.); vliëebos (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... adapted feet, is able to live on the R. dentata plant and run freely over the sticky sap. On finding a ... of the assasin bug provide fertilizer for the R. dentata plant. This species of assassin bug occurs nowhere else in ...