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Plant List – April 2015: Trees: Bowkeria Verticillata (Southern -‐ Shell flower) Buddleja Auriculata (Weeping Sagewood) Buddleja Loricata (Mountain Sagewood) – bush and tree varieties Buddleja Salvifolia (Sagewood) Clausena Anisata (Horsewood, Perdepis) Doispyrus Lycioides (Bluebush) Ficus Ingens (Red Leafed Rock Fig) Grewia Occidentalis (Cross Berry) Greyia Sutherlandii (Natal Bottlebrush) Gymnosporia Buxifolia (Common Spike Thorn) Halleria Lucida (Halleria, Tree Fuchsia) Heteromorpha Arborescens (Parsley Tree) Kiggeleria Africana (Wild Peach) Leucosidea Sericea (Ntshitshi) Olea Europaea Africana (Wild Olive) Olinia Emarginata (Mountain Hard Pear) Rhamnus Prinoides (Dogwood, Blinkblaar) Rhus Dentata (Nana Berry) Trimeria Grandifolia (Wild Mulberry) Widdringtonia Nodiflora (Mountain Cypress) Shrubs: Artemesia Afra (Wormwood) Chrystanthemoides Monilifera -‐ (Bush tick Berry) Euryops Tysonii Geranium Pulchrum Geranium Schlechterii (Schlechter’s Geranuim) Gomphostigma rgatum Vi (River Stars) Jamesbrittenia Pristisepala Leonotis Leonorus (Wild Dagga) orange and cream varieties Melianthus Dregeanus (Red Honey Flower) -‐ subspecies Dregeanus and Insignis Papaver Aculeatum (Orange Poppy) Phygelius Aequalis and Capensis (River Bells) Polygala Virgata (Purple Broom) Sutera Floribunda (Kerriebos) Bulbs Agapanthus Campanulatus subspecies Patens (Bell Agapanthus) Albuca Fastigiata (Large Spreading White Albuca) Crinum Bulbispermum (River Lily) Crocosmia Aurea (Falling Stars) Crocosmia Paniculata (Montbreschia) Dierama Robustum and others (Hairbells) Eucomis Autumnalis (Common Pineapple Lily) Galtonia Candicans (Common Berg Lily) Hesperantha Coccinea (River Lily) red and pink varieties Knipofia Linearifolia Marsh (Common Red Hot Poker) Moraea Huttonii (Large Golden Vlei Moraea) Nerine Appendiculata (Nerine) Nerine Bowdenii (Large Pink Nerine) Scilla Natalensis (Large Blue Scilla) Zantedeschia Aethiopica (White Arum Lily) Zantedeschia Albomaculata (Arrow Leaved or White Spotted Arum Lily)
Groundcovers Diascia Barberae/Cordata (Twin Spur) Diclis Reptans (Dwarf Snapdragon) Diclis Rotundifolia Jamesbrittenia Breviflora Stachys Aethiopica (African Stachys, Wild Sage) Creepers Clematis Brachiata (Travellers’ Joy) Senecio Deltoideus Succulents Aloe Aristata (Guinea Fowl Aloe) Aloe Maculata Bulbine Abyssinica (Bulbinella) Cotyledon Orbiculata (Pig’s Ears) Crassula Dependens Crassula Sarcocaulis Delosperma Lavisiae and others (Vygies) Senecio Brevilorus Senecio Haygarthii Senecio Oxryriifolius Senecio Rhomboideus
INDIGENOUS PLANT SALES at “THE GIANTS CUP CAFÉ”
OUR PHILOSOPHY:
YOUTH: We believe that plants are best transplanted if done so early in life. Just like humans, plants are more adaptable when re they’ young, and the whole transplanting process can be quite traumatic for a plant. Therefore we pot up and sell our seedlings as young as is practical, and we would urge you to get them planted out into your garden sooner rather than later.
EMPATHY: The plant you purchase is a living thing. You will get best results if you think of it as such, and empathise with it. The manner in which you transplant it into your garden is crucial and its survival and whether it thrives in the longer term. Reduce stress on it by following these tips:
i) While it remains in its pot before planting out, keep it in an appropriate location where it gets some sun but doesn’t get dried out or frosted
ii) Pots are notorious for drying out rapidly, so keep it moist without overwatering – this too can kill the plant.
iii) Ensure the place you are about to transplant it to is the appropriate place for that species. Some plants require a protected position, some prefer sun, some prefer shade, some like dry well drained soil, others like moist boggy areas. Make sure you’ve thought it out clearly before planting
iv) Make a hole larger than the volume of the pot and put a little compost or rich soil at the bottom of the hole. Gently extricate the plant from the pot and place it carefully in the soil. The roots are key – try to disturb them as little as possible! Gently fill the hole with soil. Trees do better with a larger hole and more organic material under them.
v) Once planted, cover an area about 20cm around the stem with mulch –dead leaves, grass cuttings, old hay, bark, anything organic. This provides protection for the soil, keeps moisture in and provides nutrients as the mulch biodegrades. You can even use pebbles if there is nothing else available. Put three sticks above your plant – this is to act as a marker so you can be sure you know where you planted something and can monitor it. Once established (or dead!), you can remove the sticks.
RECYCLING: Sani Lodge and The Giants Cup Café generate a substantial amount of waste. We have chosen to -‐ re use some of the plastic waste to provide pots for our plants. You will notice that our plants are housed in polystyrene cups, plastic yoghurt or margarine tubs or cut off PET drink and water bottles. If you return to The Giants Cup, we would ask you to bring back the pots if you no longer need them so that we can re-‐use them again!
Our plant labels are also made from waste plastic!
Trees:
Bowkeria Verticillata (Southern Shell-‐flower) Buddleja Auriculata (Weeping Sagewood) Buddleja Loricata (Mountain Sagewood) – bush and tree varieties Buddleja Salvifolia (Sagewood) Clausena Anisata (Horsewood, Perdepis) Doispyrus Lycioides (Bluebush) Ficus Ingens (Red Leafed Rock Fig) Grewia Occidentalis (Cross Berry) Greyia Sutherlandii (Natal Bottlebrush) Gymnosporia Buxifolia (Common Spike Thorn) Halleria Lucida (Halleria, Tree Fuchsia) Heteromorpha Arborescens (Parsley Tree) Kiggeleria Africana (Wild Peach) Leucosidea Sericea (Ntshitshi) Olea Europaea Africana (Wild Olive) Olinia Emarginata (Mountain Hard Pear) Rhamnus Prinoides (Dogwood, Blinkblaar) Rhus Dentata (Nana Berry) Trimeria Grandifolia (Wild Mulberry) Widdringtonia Nodiflora (Mountain Cypress)
Latin Name: Bowkeria Verticillata
Common Name: Southern Shell-‐flower
Type: Small tree
Flowers: White sticky shell-‐shaped flowers at the ends of branches. Strongly scented.
Seed: Seed capsule produced after flower falls off.
Size: Bowkeria is a small to medium sized tree in the Berg, often found next to large boulders or along stream banks.
Special garden features: Bowkeria produces very interesting flowers which makes it a good garden tree. It is evergreen if located in a protected spot.
Latin Name: Buddleja Auriculata
Common Names: Weeping Sagewood,
Type: Tree – evergreen. Usually found on forest margins. Leaves are shiny dark green on top, pale underneath.
Flowers: D ense clusters of tiny flowers at the end of branches, May and June. Cream in colour. Strong smell. Attracts butterflies when in flower.
Seed: Tiny, powdery seed. The seed seldom sets as the flowers are usually frosted before they can mature.
Size: depending on soils and position, Buddleja Auriculata can grow into quite a large tree or in poorer circumstances, can remain the size of a large bush.
Special garden features: a) A lovely evergreen tree, it provides good contrast to the paler leaves of Buddleja salvifolia and can have quite dense foliage. b) Can be planted pretty much anywhere although it prefers part shade.
Latin Name: Buddleja Loricata
Common Names: Mountain Sagewood, uMngane (Zulu)
Type: Tree variety originating in Lesotho – evergreen Bush variety common at high altitude in the berg -‐ evergreen
Flowers: Small , dense clusters cream of tiny coloured flowers at the end of branches in the first half of summer. Fragrant smell. Attracts butterflies when in flower.
Seed: Tiny, powdery seed. The seed attracts flocks of canaries and other seed eaters.
Size: The tree variety, which has larger, broader leaves grows into a small tree while the bush variety with narrower smaller leaves remains a small bush.
Special garden features: Both varieties have extremely tough, waxy leaves and are attractive in a garden setting. The bush variety is useful where you want something evergreen and tough, but not too large while the tree variety offers some variety to planting the other two buddleja species.
Latin Name: Buddleja Salvifolia
Common Names: Sagewood, iLoshane (Zulu)
Type: Tree – evergreen-‐ish (tends to “thin out” in winter, especially after a strong Berg wind.
Flowers: Large, dense clusters of tiny flowers at the end of branches, August/September. Can be cream or blue in colour. Beautiful fragrant smell. Attracts butterflies when in . flower
Seed: Tiny, powdery seed. The seed attracts flocks of canaries and other seed eaters.
Size: depending on soils and position, Buddleja can grow into quite a large “classic” tree with quite thick trunk, or in poorer circumstances, can remain the size of a large bush. Most commonly somewhere in between.
Special garden features: a) Pioneer species: Because it is frost resistant, it is a good, fast growing and once established, can be used to provide protection for other species. b) Can be planted pretty much anywhere. Makes a good hedge.
A tall scraggly tree thick Matures into quite a trunk Flower clusters at the end of branches
Mature trees produce dense flower clusters – “Sagewood” leaf looks Tiny clusters of fragrant, blue flowers like a sage leaf.
Latin Name: Ficus Ingens
Common Name: Red-‐leafed Rock Fig
Type: Small Scrambling deciduous tree under rock shelters
Flowers and Seed: Figs produce fruit which also serve as the flower. They are very small dull red figs which then dry and contain the seed.
Size: in the Drakensberg, these trees grown only in very sheltered locations and tend to stay fairly small. In warmer climates, they can grow into very large trees.
Special garden features: In our area, these trees must be grown in very protected spots, under eaves or against buildings which mimic rock overhangs or large boulders. If frosted, they will grow back from the base. In spring, their young leaves are a lovely red colour giving rise to the common name.
Latin Name: Grewia Occidentalis
Common Name: Cross Berry
Type: Small tree
Flowers: Pink star-‐shaped flowers, profusely over the whole tree in early to mid summer.
Seed: Seed produced in cross shaped capsules after flowering, hence the common name of the tree.
Size: Generally a small, straggly tree
Special garden features: They are often found on the edge of rock overhangs, in protected locations in the mountains. They prefer protected locations in gardens this area, but will also grow out in the open if frosts are not too severe. They are largely deciduous. Their beautiful show of flowers make them a great small tree for the garden.
Latin Name: Greyia Sutherlandii
Common Name: Natal Bottlebrush
Type: Small gnarled deciduous tree
Flowers: brilliant red flower heads at the ends of branches. Sunbirds love them. They flower in spring together with the new leaves.
Seed: Seed produced in capsules after flowering
Size: Generally small in the Drakensberg. In warmer climates, they can grow into very large trees.
Special garden features: They are found as far south as Lotheni in our area, but the frosts of the southern g ber are too severe for them. They therefore need protected locations in gardens in this area. They grow from the base if frosted severely over winter. The leaves are large and roundish and grow at the ends of the branches. They turn red in autumn.
Latin Name: Gymnosporia Buxifolia
Common Names: Common Spike Thorn
Type: Small tree
Flowers: Massed bunches of white flowers in the summer months with strong not too pleasant smell.
Seed: Bunches of small round brownish seeds.
Size: This is a small medium to sized tree.
Special garden features: This is an attractive garden tree which grows long spiky thorns as it matures. It needs protection from heavy frost, but at the same time also requires full sun.
A small tree The seed
The leaf The thorn which gives the tree its common name
Latin Name: Halleria Lucida
Common Name: Halleria, Tree Fuchsia
Type: Tree
Flowers: Tubular orange flowers in dense clusters under older branches, especially loved by sunbirds as they tend to flower in autumn and winter when there isn’t much else available.
Seed: Marble sized round fruits, starting green and turning black as they ripen.
Size: Halleria can grow into a large tree under the right conditions. A couple of good examples are as you travel from Bulwer towards PMB and enter the village of Enkelabantwana, there are a couple of large Hallerias by homesteads on the right side of the road. In our local conditions, however, they tend to be a lot smaller.
Special garden features: Halleria is a very attractive tree but is frost sensitive and so must be planted with care. It needs a protected spot, right up against a building is often the best bet.
Latin Name: Heteromorpha Arborescens
Common Names: Parsley Tree, Mbangandlala (Zulu)
Type: Tree – deciduous (loses leaves in winter)
Flowers: Non-‐descript greenish flower at ends of branches. Looks like parsley flower, hence the name of the tree. Flowers attract flies and other insects.
Seed: Small oval seeds, germinate . very easily
Size: Heteromorpha can grow into a smallish – tree of 2 3 metres.
Special garden features: Heteromorpha is a very attractive garden tree. Its trunk is segmented and the bark peels off like a commiphora. It will add another dimension to your garden. It likes full sun or part shade and is frost resistant.
Seed looks like parsley seed The leaves
Segmented trunk, peely bark Loses it leaves in winter
Latin Name: Kiggeleria Africana
Common Names: Wild Peach
Type: Small to medium evergreen ree t
Flowers: Tiny yellow flowers, male and female on different trees, early to mid summer
Seed: Round grey-‐green marble-‐sized fruits, splitting open to reveal bright orange seed, popular with birds
Size: Depending on soils and position, Kiggeleria can grow into quite a large tree with thick trunk, or in poorer circumstances, can remain the size of a large bush.
Special garden features: Interesting greyish-‐green leaves make this an attractive tree for the garden. When young, the tree has smooth – bright green leaves when it matures the leaves become hairy and more greyish. Though quite tough, it will do better if planted in a location giving it some protection from the most severe frosts, especially when young. It is prone to a particular species of caterpillar which eats all the leaves on the tree as it matures. This does set the tree back, but it generally recovers well.
Latin Name: Leucosidea Sericea
Common Names : Ntshitshi (Zulu), Ouhout (Afrikaans)
Type: Tree – evergreen
Flowers: Clusters of small yellow flowers around a central stalk, September/October
Seed: Small clusters of ” “nutlets
Size: depending on soils and position, Ntshitshi can grow into quite a large “classic” tree with quite thick trunk, or in poorer circumstances, can remain the size of a large bush. Most commonly somewhere – in between a straggly tree with multiple gnarled trunks.
Special garden features: a) Pioneer species: Because it is frost resistant, it is a good, medium speed growing and once established, can be used to provide protection for other species. b) It develops lovely, gnarled trunks (hence its Afrikaans name of “old wood”) and gives dense leaf coverage.
Clusters of small yellow flowers Gnarled old-‐looking trunks
A tall specimen Hug a Ntshitshi! A more common bushy specimen
Latin Name: Olinia Emarginata
Common Name: Mountain Hard Pear
Type: Large tree found in the true forest patches in the Drakensberg
Flowers: Small pink flowers at the ends of branches in early summer
Seed: Small pink berries in profusion at the end of branches
Size: Grow into very large trees in favourable locations.
Special garden features: Olinia must be given protection when young, but become frost hardy when mature. They are slow growing, but can become very large trees and this must be considered when choosing where to plant them.
Latin Name: Rhamnus prinoides
Common Name: Dogwood, Blinkblaar
Type: Small to medium sized tree
Flowers: Small, greenish clusters in mid-‐summer
Seed: Small, red to black fruits which birds love.
Size: The size of your Rhamnus depends on the location in which you plant it. Under favourable conditions, it can grow to a few metres tall, otherwise it will remain small and straggly.
Special garden features: Rhamnus is a tough evergreen tree which is an excellent garden feature if you get it established. The dark green, shiny, glossy leaves (hence the Afrikaans common name) are also very different to most other plants and so make a good contrast.
Latin Name: Rhus dentata
Common Name: Nana Berry
Type: Small deciduous tree
Flowers: Tiny bunches of non-‐descript flowers in early summer
Seed: Clusters of shiny tiny red berries which the birds love.
Size: The size of your Rhus depends on the location in which you plant it. Under favourable conditions, it can 1 grow to -‐ ½ 2 metres tall, otherwise it will remain . small
Special garden features: Rhus dentata has a very attractive leaf shape, it is tough (a real garden survivor) and the birds love its berries. Its leaves also have lovely late autumn colours as it loses them. All these features make it a desirable garden plant – it can be planted out in the open although a bit of protection will help it along when young.
Shrubs:
Artemesia Afra (Wormwood) Chrystanthemoides Monilifera -‐ (Bush tick Berry) Euryops Tysonii Geranium Pulchrum Geranium Schlechterii (Schlechter’s Geranuim) Gomphostigma Virgatum (River Stars) Jamesbrittenia Pristisepala Leonotis Leonorus gga) (Wild Da orange and cream varieties Melianthus Dregeanus (Red Honey -‐ Flower) subspecies Dregeanus and Insignis Papaver Aculeatum (Orange Poppy) Phygelius Aequalis and Capensis (River Bells) Polygala Virgata (Purple Broom) Sutera Floribunda (Kerriebos)
Latin Name: Artemesia Afra
Common Name: Wormwood
Type: Shrub
Flowers: Tiny non-‐descript flowers up the stalks towards their tips in late summer.
Seed: Tiny seed after flowers.
Size: Artemesia can grow into a medium sized shrub to large shrub over time and under the right conditions.
Special garden features: Artemesia has a very different colour and texture to most other garden plants, and so makes a nice contrast in beds. It is tough and evergreen. It is widespread in the southern berg, but its – origins are unsure it may have been brought to southern Africa by Arab traders many centuries ago as it is used against malaria. The latest malaria cure is based on a close relative of this plant.
Latin Name: Chrysanthemoides Monilifera
Common Name: Bush -‐tick Berry
Type: Shrub
Flowers: Smallish bright yellow daisy like flowers towards the ends of branches. They flower all year round in protected locations.
Seed: Small, berry-‐like fruits in clusters after flowers. They start off green, and turn purplish-‐black as they ripen.
Size: Chrysanthemoides grows into a medium sized shrub under the right conditions.
Special garden features: Chrysanthemoides is an attractive garden plant, with -‐ grey green leaves which are different to the ordinary and flowers which are produced continually. In nature, they often grow in really poor, leached soils where little else will grow, and so can be used as such in gardens too.
Latin Name: Euryops Tysonii
Common Name: None
Type: Evergreen shrub
Flowers: Clusters of brilliant yellow flowers at tips of stems. Flowers prolifically once established. Flowers in mid-‐summer. Flowers attract insects.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in a garden setting.
Size: Matures over a number of into years a large bush. Can grow up to 1m tall and cover an area of up to 2 square metres.
Special garden features: An attractive shrub for a garden setting. Tough and frost resistant, it will grow in full sun and even in exposed positions in the garden where other shrubs would not thrive.
Latin Name: Geranium Pulchrum
Common Name: None
Type: Spreading medium sized shrub
Flowers: Medium sized pink to purple flowers on the ends of longish flower stalks. Flowers in late summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: Geranium Pulchrum over time can grow into a large spreading clump. Special garden features : Geranium Pulchrum is a Drakensberg endemic and one of the trademark flowering plants of the Sani Pass area where it flowers in great profusion. It is a tough garden plant, with attractive greyish leaves and beautiful flowers. Likes moist areas.
Latin Name: Geranium Schlechterii
Common Name: Schlechter’s geranium
Type: Small low shrub
Flowers: Small, pink flowers on the ends of longish flower stalks. Flowers turn white as they get older. Flowers all summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: Geranium Schlecherii will vary according to its location. In shady conditions, it will remain quite small, in sunnier positions it can grow into a large mat.
Special garden features : Geranium Schlechterii has very distinctive shaped leaves which are in themselves quite different and attractive, and when it flowers, is an attractive garden plant. Since it grows quite well in shady and semi-‐shady locations, it will often grow where not too much else will!
Latin Name: Gomphostigma Virgatum
Common Name: River Stars
Type: S lender shrub
Flowers: White star-‐like flowers along and towards the ends of stalks. Flowers in mid to late summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable garden seed in a setting.
Size: Gomphostigma is a small straggly shrub.
Special garden features: Gomphostigma is a riverine shrub in nature, growing among the rocks in streambeds. It grows pretty well anywhere in the garden, is tough and doesn’t lose its leaves, which are silvery, attractive and a contrast to most other plants.
Latin Name: Jamesbrittenia Pristisepala
Common Name: None
Type: S mall shrub
Flowers: Pink to purple rs flowe . Plant produces a profusion of flowers constantly.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: Grows into a small bush seldom more than more than about 30cm high.
Special garden features: This is a good garden plant, bringing colour to beds throughout the summer. Happy in full sun, in the wild often found in moist, rocky areas. Survival through winter frosts is not guaranteed, possibly position determines survival rates.
Latin Name: Leonotis Leonorus
Common Name: Wild Dagga
Type: Tall many branched shrub
Flowers: Bright orange round whorls . There is also a less common cream coloured variety. Plant produces many flowering branches, with many whorls developing from lower on the branch to its tip over the course of a few weeks. Sunbirds love them. Flower from February until the first frosts.
Seed: Lots of tiny seed is formed in the “compartments” l of each whor .
Size: Normally up to about 1m tall, but can get taller during flowering season as flowering branches grow up to 2m. Over time can grow into quite a dense “almost bush”.
Special garden features: Leonotis is a must for any garden. It is a late flowerer and flowers in profusion. It dies off in winter above ground, and starts sprouting again in early spring.
Latin Name: Melianthus Dregeanus
Common Name: Red Honey Flower
Type: Medium sized evergreen bushy shrub (subspecies dregeanus) Larger evergreen bushy shrub (subspecies insignis)
Flowers: Red flowers grow on underside of drooping branches. Flowers in August/September, providing nectar at an otherwise barren time of the year. White eyes and sunbirds love them.
Seed: Seed is a small black ball and -‐ forms in “gooseberry like” capsules.
Size: Dregeanus rows g to around 1.m tall and can bush out , over quite a large area Insignis can grow even bigger.
Special garden features: An attractive shrub for a garden setting as it is evergreen and provides food in late winter when there is little else around. Likes full sun but will grow pretty much anywhere!
Latin Name: Papaver Aculeatum
Common Name: Orange Poppy
Type: Prickly herb
Flowers: Orange poppy flowers with yellow centres. Flowers in the second half of summer.
Seed: After flowers finish, the heads develop filled with a large quantity of tiny black poppy seeds.
Size: Grows into a medium sized clump when mature with the flowers growing about 50 – 75cm tall out of the mat of ground leaves.
Special garden features: The plant starts out as a small, thistle-‐like base of leaf. The leaf grows larger and larger, and when ready to flower, stalks grow out of the base with leaves and ultimately flowers on them. They are an excellent garden plant, each individual can flower profusely with beautiful, bright orange flowers. -‐ They tend to self seed, so once established in the garden, you’ll have them permanently!
Latin Name: Phygelius Aequalis and Capensis
Common Name: River Bells
Type: Evergreen shrub
Flowers: Tubular flowers, about 6cm long, at tips of branches. Phygelius Aequalis is normally a dusky pink colour, although there is a bright yellow variety, the flower stalks tend to hang horizontal or down. Phygelius Capensis is a scarlet red colour and the flower stalks tend to be more upright. Flowers in spurts throughout summer. Sunbirds love them!
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in g. a garden settin
Size: Matures into a large bush.
Special garden features: An excellent garden plant, all three Phygelius options lend colour and flower profusely throughout the season. They are evergreen although the foliage thins out during the dry season. While they prefer moist locations in the wild, they will grow pretty much anywhere in a garden setting.
Pink Phygelius Aequalis in nature Yellow Phygelius Aequalis is loved by sunbirds
Sunbirds love all Phygelius species Red Phygelius Capensis has a different flower stalk
Latin Name: Polygala Virgata
Common Name: Purple Broom
Type: Tall slender shrub
Flowers: Large pink to purple flowers in long clusters at the end of stalks.
Seed: Seed forms within flower as it matures. Once the flowers drops off, the seed is viable and ready to germinate.
Size: Grows to around 1.5m tall, but stays quite skinny.
Special garden features: An attractive shrub for a garden setting. Flowers for long periods in spurts throughout the summer. Tends to die off in winter. Sometimes comes back to life for a second season, sometimes doesn’t. Because it self-‐seeds so easily, if you can get one to thrive and flower, you should have them in your garden forever! Duiker love to browse heavily on them, especially ter. in the win
Latin Name: Sutera Floribunda
Common Name: Kerriebos
Type: Small Shrub
Flowers: The whole small bush is covered with small white flowers with yellow middles. The profusion of flowers through the summer has given rise to its Latin name, floribunda..
Seed: Seed is tiny..
Size: Small to medium size.
Special garden features: In nature grows often in moist protected areas, but in the garden will grow just about anywhere. May die off above ground in winter after frost, but comes back to life in spring. Its profusion of flowers makes it an attractive garden plant.
Bulbs
Agapanthus Campanulatus subspecies Patens (Bell Agapanthus) Albuca Fastigiata (Large Spreading White Albuca) Crinum Bulbispermum (River Lily) Crocosmia Aurea (Falling Stars) Crocosmia Paniculata (Montbreschia) Dierama Robustum and others (Hairbells) Eucomis Autumnalis (Common Pineapple Lily) Galtonia Candicans (Common Berg Lily) Hesperantha Coccinea (River Lily) red and pink varieties Knipofia Linearifolia (Common Marsh Red Hot Poker) Moraea Huttonii (Large Golden Vlei Moraea) Scilla Natalensis ge (Lar Blue Scilla) Zantedeschia Aethiopica (White Arum Lily) Zantedeschia Albomaculata (Arrow Leaved or White Spotted Arum Lily)
Latin Name: Agapanthus Campanulatus subsp. patens
Common Name: Bell Agapanthus
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A long stalk grows out of the middle of the plant. A head of deep blue flowers open at the end of the long stalk. They flower in mid-‐summer.
Seed: Seed is in sheaves of flat seed on old flower head.
Size: Medium size.
Special garden features: Dies off over winter and reappears each spring. This local agapanthus subspecies has a deeper and more beautiful blue than other more common varieties, although the plant is a little smaller.
Latin Name: Albuca Fastigiata
Common Name: Large spreading white albuca
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A head of smallish white flowers with yellow in the centre and a green middle strip underneath. Flower in mid-‐ summer.
Seed: After flowers finish, the heads develop seeds heads.
Size: Each plant grows to around 50 -‐60 cm high.
Special garden features: A bulb with beautiful flowers will add to your garden
Latin Name: Crinum Bulbispermum
Common Name: River Lily
Type: Bulb
Flowers: Pale streaked pink flowers on a thick out stalk coming of middle of plant in early to mid-‐summer.
Seed: After flowers finish, large seed capsules may form. The individual seed itself is a large, irregular green lump.
Size: Each plant grows to around 50 cm high.
Special garden features: A bulb with beautiful flowers will add to your garden. They like damp areas and prefer sunny locations or partly shady, but not full shade.
Latin Name: Crocosmia Aurea
Common Name: Falling Stars
Type: Bulb – dies off above ground in winter
Flowers: Medium stalk (up to about 25cm) grows out of the middle of the plant and produces tufts of orangy red flowers. Flowers January/ February.
Seed: Produces seed pods of seeds ni contai ng round black seed. The seed is not always produced.
Size: This is the smaller of the two local Crocosmia species, and can grow up to around 75 cm tall.
Special garden features: Crocosmia Aurea is not as dominating as C. Paniculata and its leaves are not scalloped. cause Be its flowers and leaves look different, it is good to have both species in different places in the garden. It reproduces vegetatively and rapidly. Plant one or two bulbs today, and in 3 – 4 years time you will have a large clump which can then, in the winter months, be dug up and replanted elsewhere in the garden.
Crocosmia Aurea early in the season. -‐ Both species in flower the shorter more orangy flowers are Crocosmia Aurea
Latin Name: Crocosmia Paniculata
Common Name: Montbre tia
Type: Bulb – dies off above ground in winter
Flowers: Long stalk grows out of the middle of the plant and produces tufts of deep red flowers. Flowers late December/January. Sunbirds absolutely love them.
Seed: Small pods of seeds form after the flowers fall off. The seed is not always produced.
Size: This is the larger of the two local Crocosmia species, and can grow up to around 1.5m tall.
Special garden features: This is an excellent species to have in the garden. It produces a dense stand of scalloped green leaves, then flowers profusely and attracts birds butterflies to your garden. It reproduces vegetatively and rapidly. Plant one or two bulbs today, and in 3 – 4 years time you will have a large clump which can then, in the winter months, be dug up and replanted elsewhere in the garden.
Latin Name: Dierama Robustum and others
Common Name: Hairbells
Type: Bulb
Flowers: Bright pink flowers on a long thin stalk coming out of middle plant in early to mid-‐summer.
Seed: After flowers finish, individual seeds are formed where each flower was.
Size: Each plant grows to -‐ around 50 60 cm high.
Special garden features: A bulb with beautiful flowers will add to your garden. Leaves are thin grass and -‐stalk-‐like. There are a number of similar species.
Latin Name: Eucomis Autumnalis
Common Name: Common Pineapple Lily
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A short spike grows out of the middle of the plant. Whitish flowers open successively up the stalk. The top has a “hairstyle” and the whole flower looks like a pineapple! They flower -‐ in mid summer.
Seed: Seed is in “packets up stalk after flowering.
Size: Medium size.
Special garden features: Dies off over t win er and reappears each spring. The pineapple shaped flower is a striking feature in any garden.
Latin Name: Galtonia Candicans
Common Name: Common Berg Lily
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A tall spike grows out of the middle of the plant. White flowers open successively up the stalk. They flower in mid-‐summer.
Seed: Seed is in “packets up stalk after flowering.
Size: Medium size.
Special garden features: Dies off over t win er and reappears each . spring The bright white flowers make a great contrast in any garden and once they’re in, the only way you’ll lose them is to the porcupines or mole-‐rats who really enjoy the bulbs!
Latin Name: Hesperantha Coccinea
Common Name : Scarlet River Lily
Type: Bulb
Flowers: Bright scarlet red flowers. There is also a softer pink variety. Flowers develop on the end of stalks which grow out from the base of the plant. Flower in second half of the summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in a garden setting.
Size: Quite short plant.
Special garden features: Leaves are short and flat similar to Crocosmia Aurea. In nature prefers moist river bank locations, but will grow in full sun anywhere a garden. Frost stant. resi
Latin Name: Knipofia Linearifolia
Common Name: Common Marsh Red Hot Poker
Type: Bulb (Rhizome)
Flowers: Long stalk grows out of the plant and produces a rounded flower head at the end, about 10 to 20cm long. Flowers in late January/February. Bottom flowers are yellow, working up to red at the tip. Sunbirds love them.
Seed: Small seeds in pods along the stalk, germinate . very easily
Size: The plant forms a clump of leaves about 50cm high. The flower stalk can be 1.5m long.
Special garden features: Knipofia Linearifolia is an excellent garden plant. It dies off above ground in winter. In spring it shoots out and produces long thin green leaves. It reproduces vegetatively as well as from seed, meaning that if you plant one specimen, within a few years you will have a dense clump. If you separate out the bulbs carefully in late winter and transplant, you can multiply your stock easily. There are other Knipofia species which flower at different times of the year – having a variety in your garden will ensure there’s often a brilliant splash of colour!
Latin Name: Moraea Huttonii
Common Name: Large Golden Vlei Moraea
Type: Bulb
Flowers: Deep yellow -‐ iris type flowers on a longish stalk coming out of middle of plant in early summer.
Seed: After flowers finish, seed capsules form at the ends of flower stalks filled with small seed.
Size: Each plant grows to around 50 cm high.
Special garden features: A bulb with long, evergreen leaves beautiful flowers will add to your garden. They like damp areas and prefer sunny locations. In nature they tend to be found along streams in the little Berg.
Latin Name: Nerine Bowdenii
Common Name: Large Pink Nerine
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A medium thin stalk grows out of the middle of the plant. Beautiful delicate pink flowers open at the end of this flower stalk. They flower in late summer.
Seed: Seed is in small packets after flowering.
Size: Small to medium size.
Special garden feat ures: Likes moist ground in nature, often growing along damp areas below cliff faces. Leaves are like agapanthus leaves, but smaller. They are frost resistant, and the beautiful late summer flower makes it an asset to any garden.
Latin Name: Scilla Natalensis
Common Name: Large Blue Scilla
Type: Bulb
Flowers: A long thin stalk grows out of the middle of the plant. Beautiful blue to purple small flowers open successively up the top part of the stalk. They flower in spring and early summer.
Seed: Seed is in small packets up stalk after flowering.
Size: Medium size. The flower can grow very tall in the right location.
Special garden features: Dies off over t win er and reappears each spring. The beautiful blue flowers make for a striking feature in any garden. They tend to get larger in tended gardens than in nature. They will form clumps over time.
Latin Name: Zantedeschia Aethiopica
Common Name: White Arum Lily
Type: Bulb – dies off above ground in winter
Flowers: Long stalks come out of the leaves and large, white, funnel shaped flowers grow on the ends. These are actually modified leaves and are called spathes. They flower throughout the summer.
Seed: Produces clusters of large seed when the flowering is finished.
Size: This is the larger of the two local Zantedeschia species, and can grow up to around 75 cm tall. It has large, broad leaves.
Special garden features: These are very popular garden plants, flowering profusely. They reproduce vegetatively, meaning that if you plant a single specimen, within a few years you will have a large clump.
Latin Name: Zantedeschia Albomaculata
Common Name: Arrow leaved or spotted leaved Arum Lily
Type: Bulb – dies off above ground in winter
Flowers: Long stalks come out of the leaves and medium sized, white, funnel shaped flowers grow on the ends. These are actually modified leaves and are called spathes. They flower throughout the summer. There are different varieties of this species with splotched, yellow and pink flowers.
Seed: Produces clusters of large seed when the flowering is finished.
Size: This is the smaller of the two local Zantedeschia species, and can grow up to around 50 cm tall. It has narrow, arrow shaped leaves. Leaves can be either plain green, or “variegated” which means they have white dots on them.
Special garden features: These are very popular garden plants, flowering profusely. They reproduce vegetatively, meaning that if you plant a single specimen, within a few years you will have a large clump. The variegated leaves and different flower colours make this an excellent plant for the garden.
Groundcovers
Diascia Barberae/Cordata/Integerrima (Twin Spur) Diclis Reptans (Dwarf Snapdragon) Jamesbrittenia Breviflora Stachys Aethiopica (African Stachys, Wild Sage)
Latin Name: Diascia (4 similar species)
Common Name : Twinspur
Type: Sprawling shrub – good ground-‐cover
Flowers: Pink flower. Plant produces a profusion of flowers in spurts.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: Diascia Barberae and Cordata are low sprawling shrubs and make good ground covers. Diascia Integerrima is a little more upright.
Special garden features: All Diascia species are excellent garden plants with beautiful flowers. Barberae and Cordata have heart shaped leaves, Barberae’s flowers are a deeper pink while Cordata are a lighter pink. Integerrima has totally different finger-‐ shaped leaves. In nature they are often found in moist and rocky areas, but seem to also do well in full sun in beds. All seem to survive the winter frosts well.
D. Barberae (flower is similar in all species ) – D. Cordata heart shaped leaves – D. Integerrima finger shaped leaves
Latin Name: Diclis Reptans
Common Name: Dwarf Snapdragon
Type: Sprawling groundcover
Flowers: Small white flowers all over the plant.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: The plant is low growing, ground-‐hugging and can cover quite a large area over time.
Special garden features: Diclis prefers cooler, oister m locations but does need some sun. It tends to grow in nature on the cooler south facing slopes among disturbed grassland and rocky slopes. The leaves, if crushed, have a mint smell.
Latin Name: Jamesbrittenia Breviflora
Common Name: None
Type: Sprawling shrub – good ground-‐cover
Flowers: Red flowers with yellow centres. Plant produces a profusion of flowers constantly.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: Never grows more than about 20cm high, but can spread out into a plant about 1m square under good conditions
Special garden features: This is an excellent garden plant, bringing bright colour to beds throughout the summer. Happy in full sun, in the wild often found in rocky areas. Survival through winter frosts is not guaranteed, possibly position determines survival rates.
Latin Name: Stachys Aethiopica
Common Name: African Stachys, Wild sage
Type: Sprawling shrub -‐ makes a good groundcover
Flowers: Small white flowers all over the plant.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in . a garden setting
Size: The plant is low growing and covers a large area over time.
Special garden features: Stachys is a tough groundcover with dark green leaves and small white flowers. It is evergreen and frost resistant.
Creepers
Clematis Brachiata (Travellers’ Joy) Senecio Deltiodeus
Latin Name: Clematis Brachiata
Common Name: Traveller’s Joy
Type: Creeper
Flowers: White flowers grow on ends of creeper tendrils. Flowers in late summer with a fragrant smell. Attract butterflies.
Seed: Seed is an odd shaped capsule covered with lots of white hairs..
Size: Grows according to what it can climb up and on!
Special garden features: An excellent garden plant, it can serve to “bush out” trees, to grow along fences or to create a screen when grown of trellis. It takes a couple of years to really mature. It seems to die off in winter, but in fact those dead looking vines come back to life in spring, so don’t cut them away.
Latin Name: Senecio Deltoideus
Common Name: None
Type: Creeper
Flowers: Bunches of small bright yellow flowers grow on along the creeper tendrils. Flowers in late summer with a fragrant smell like honey.
Seed: Seed is small.
Size: Grows according to what it can climb up and on!
Special garden features: A slightly succulent creeper, it thrives in shady locations and will “bush out” small trees and bushy areas.
Succulents
Aloe Aristata (Guinea Fowl Aloe) Aloe Maculata Bulbine Abyssinica (Bulbinella) Cotyledon Orbiculata (Pig’s Ears) Crassula Dependens Crassula Sarcocaulis Delosperma Lavisiae and others (Vygies) Senecio Oxryriifolius, Rhomboideus, Haygarthii and Brevilorus
Latin Name: Aloe Aristata
Common Name: Guinea Fowl Aloe
Type: Ground Aloe
Flowers: Stalk grows out of the middle of the plant and produces bunches of orangy red flowers. Flowers in summer. Too small to tempt the sunbirds.
Seed: The seed is not produced in a garden setting.
Size: A very small ground aloe, usually about 10 to 15 cm in diameter.
Special garden features: Aloe Aristata is a common pot plant, but will also grow ell in protected spots in the garden where if happy, it will grow into colonies.
Latin Name: Aloe Maculata
Common Name: Common Soap Aloe
Type: Ground Aloe
Flowers: Longish stalk (up to about 50cm) grows out of the middle of the plant and produces bunches of red flowers. Flower in winter, July to September. Sunbirds love them. Flowers are frost tender, and are often frosted before maturing. Late flowering specimens tend to do better in gardens in terms of flowering.
Seed: Capsules of seeds form after the flowers fall off. The seed is not always produced.
Size: A smallish ground aloe, leaves sprout from centre and seldom exceed 40cm in length.
Special garden features: Aloe Maculata grows naturally quite high in the little Berg, usually on rocky slopes where frost doesn’t settle. In the garden, I would suggest planting them up against a wall or rock feature, they are unlikely to do well if heavily frosted. They will tolerate a degree of frost, and will sprout again from the roots of crown is frosted, but a really heavy frost will kill off the whole plant. They do reproduce vegetatively as well as by seed, and send off shoots under ground, so if you have a happy specimen in your garden, new specimens will start popping up within a metre radius of your initial plant.
Latin Name: Bulbine Abyssinica
Common Name: Bulbinella
Type: Bushy Succulent
Flowers: Small Yellow to orange flowers densely packed at the end of long flower stalks. Flowers early to mid-‐summer.
Seed: Small seed capsules after flowering finishes.
Size: Can grow into a substantial bushy clump, about 30cm high.
Special garden features: Versatile garden plant, ll wi thrive under almost all conditions. Spreads with time and flowers profusely. Has medicinal properties as the sap relieves itchiness.
Latin Name: Cotyledon Orbiculata
Common Name: Pig’s Ears
Type: Succulent
Flowers: Bright orange and yellow flowers at the end of stalks. Flower in early summer. Sunbirds love the flowers.
Seed: Seed pods form after flowers fall off.
Size: Large leaves, plants spreads out over quite large areas.
Special garden features: Large spongy green/grey leaves on fat stalks. Attractive tough garden plant, frost resistant. Leaf colour often beautifully offsets other plants in a bed.
Latin Name: Crassula Dependens
Common Name: None
Type: Crawling Succulent
Flowers: Small white flowers at tips of branches. Flowers in middle of summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in g. a garden settin
Size: Forms mats, in nature most commonly on rocky surfaces.
Special garden features: Small, tough succulent bush. Leaves -‐ needle like. Evergreen. . Also does well as a pot plant.
Latin Name: Crassula Sarcocaulis
Common Name: None
Type: Succulent
Flowers: Clusters of small white flowers at tips of branches. Flowers in middle of summer.
Seed: Doesn’t seem to produce viable seed in g. a garden settin
Size: Forms small bush.
Special garden features: Small, tough succulent bush. Leaves -‐ needle like. Evergreen. Heavily eaten by duiker in dry season, well. but recovers Also does well as a pot plant.
Latin Name: Delosperma Lavisiae and others
Common Name: Vygies
Type: Crawling succulent
Flowers: Brilliant pink flowers, can flower throughout . the summer
Seed: After flowers finish, the heads develop seeds heads.
Size: Can spread into large mats if there are no competitors. Quite slow growing. D. lavisiae (the mountain vygie) has small leaves s and covers maller areas than other species with larger leaves.
Special garden features: Vygies are tough succulents and are ideal in a garden setting for bare areas (even infertile areas) where nothing else is likely to thrive. Look dormant in winter, but come back to life rapidly when the weather warms up and there is some rain.
Latin Name: Senecio Species
Species on sale: Senecio Oxyriifolious, Senecio Rhomboideus, Senecio Haygarthii and Senecio Brevilorus
Type: Succulent herbs
Flowers: Mostly smallish yellow flowers which grow on the ends of long thin stalks growing out of the plant. Flowers in summer.
Seed: Seed is tiny, attached to many small hairs.
Size: Small to medium sized shrub.
Special garden features: Interesting garden plants, they give a different colour and texture to flower beds than most other plants. They are evergreens.
Senecio Haygarthii Senecio Oxyriifolius
Senecio Oxyriifolius Senecio Brevilorus