Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery
Celebrating 60 Years of Growing and Supplying Quality Indigenous Plants in 2019
Welcome to the home page of South Africa’s oldest and best known indigenous plants nursery.
We are your natural choice for quality indigenous plants.
We offer a large choice of plants that are indigenous to southern Africa. You can expect friendly service and knowledgeable staff. We only use environmentally friendly and sustainable methods to propogate, grow and look after all our indigenous plants.
We have a new email address:
malcolm@witkoppenwildflower.co.za
This is our only active email address.
The gate to the nursery off Valley Road in North Riding Agricultural Holdings.
Attract butterflies
Find plants that butterflies use either as a host plant for their larva, or as a source of nectar, juice or sap as adults.
Attract birds
A growing list of plants that attract birds.
Cold hardiness
Find plants with varying levels of resistance to frost and cold weather.
Latest updates and articles from the nursery.
Sclerochiton harveyanus
Sclerochiton harveyanus flower from mid-summer till autumn.Sclerochiton harveyanus, Blue Lips or Bloulippe, is a hardy, evergreen shrub that may grow up to 3m tall but in Gauteng is typically around 1,5 to 2 m tall. It is happy growing in either partial or deep shade....
In Our Garden – Starlings
Flocking Starlings One of the bird species we frequently see at our bird feeders is the Cape Starling. These constantly chattering birds, with their iridescent feathers that gleam blue/green/purple, depending on the way the light catches them, flock around our...
In Our Garden – July 2019
Is spring on its way? We see Southern Masked Weavers year-round in our garden. Males change into breeding colours annually, and seeing them in breeding colours is often for us a sign that winter will soon be over. Last week, 17 July, we noticed that some males are...