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Leucadendron argenteum
Plantsilver tree (Eng.), witteboom, silwerboom (Afr.) Kirstenbosch ... up the stem, concealing the thick branches. The leaves are silver-grey, covered on both surfaces with thousands of tiny, ... and fringed with long white hairs. The characteristic silver sheen of the leaves is caused by the hairs. The ...
silver beard clematis Kirstenbosch NBG This hybrid is a ... to as Clematis x Clematopsis . In order to understand ‘Silver Beard’ it is useful to look at both parents ... more characteristic of Clematis brachiata . ‘Silver Beard’ is a lovely combination of the best features ...
‘Silver Sunshine’ resin bush (Eng.); ‘Silver Sunshine’ harpuisbos (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG A ... birds will eat the seeds. Asteraceae As Euryops ‘Silver Sunshine’ is a hybrid, in order to retain all its ...
Astroloba genus
Plant... generally erect to leaning or even creeping, perennial, leaf succulents. Plants divide from the base to form small to ... the stem of a plant (the divergence angle), the resulting leaf arrangement along a stem tends to form a pattern of (usually five) secondary leaf ranks or spirals. The divergence angles of different ...
Gasteria retusa
Plant... white-domed tubercles in obscure transverse bands. The leaf margin is rough and the teeth white, tuberculate, leathery. The leaf tip is truncate or notched (retuse), rarely blunt ... detect. Also, the leaves of the plant are brittle and the leaf sap also not bitter. The natural enemies are herbivores ...
Conophytum luckhoffii
Plant... the surface is smooth and greyish to bluish-green. The leaf margin and keels etched ornamentally with appealing ... when the plant goes into its resting phase. The darker leaf windows adjacent to the leaf centres allows light to penetrate the swollen succulent ...
Gasteria thunbergii
Plant... firm, with the lower leaves becoming spreading (the leaf ends incurved during the dry season). Leaves are dull green, with the upper leaf surfaces (adaxial sides) deeply channelled, and the lower leaf surfaces rounded (convex). The leaf surfaces are covered ...
Encephalartos dyerianus
Plant... base. Much of the stem is covered by a uniform layer of leaf bases. Leaves are rigid, pale bluish-green on both the ... m long, curved outwards for a short distance just above leaf base and then curving gently inwards along the remainder of the leaf. Leaflets are leathery, without nodules, narrow, ...
Streptocarpus rexii
Plant... strap-shaped leaves that grow up to 300 mm long. Each leaf grows from the base of the plant, and is an individual ... of flowers). The inflorescence forms at the base of the leaf and grows 200 mm high, usually bearing 1 or 2 flowers ... Streptocarpus rexii also has the ability to reduce leaf size, form an abscission layer, or wilt severely during ...
Bulbine succulenta
Plant... (Eng.); kopiva, wildekopiva (Afr.) Karoo Desert NBG A leaf-succulent with an underground tuber and juicy, fat, ... that it can be grown in containers, however because of its leaf-deciduous habit it is likely to be overlooked in gardens ... within 2-3 weeks. Once the seedlings have reached the 4-leaf stage and are 5 cm long, they can be potted up in a ...