by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Dec 18, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Evergreen, Shrub, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Freylinia tropica in full flower in mid September, a spectacular show, Freylinia tropica, Blue Honey-bell, is one of southern Africa’s most attractive and versatile shrubs for the garden. It gets a showy abundance of flowers in spring, but has some flowers all through...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Dec 9, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Deciduous to Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Scramblers, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Besides being an attractive flowering shrub or small tree, Grewia occidentalis is an essential plant for all wildlife friendly gardens. It gets attractive star-shaped flowers that are pink to mauve. The flowers are followed by edible fruit that typically have four...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Nov 27, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Evergreen, More Sun than Shade, Shrub, Water-wise
Leonotis leonurus, Wild Dagga, is a very showy shrub and valuable addition to a garden. It bears stacks of whorls of bright, orange flowers towards the upper reaches of the stems. These nectar rich flowers are a big draw-card for sunbirds, other nectar feeding birds...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Nov 15, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Evergreen, More Sun than Shade, Small to medium Trees, Water-wise
A graceful, small to medium sized, evergreen tree, Searsia leptodictya, Mountain Karee, deserves to be more widely cultivated. One of Gauteng’s attractive evergreen trees, Searsia leptodictya, the Mountain Karee, is very graceful and feminine in appearance. It has an...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Oct 22, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Evergreen, Full Sun, Groundcovers, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Felicia ameloides, Blue Felicia, is a cheerful and ‘sunny’ addition to any garden. Its daisy flowers are sky or even darker blue with yellow centers and are borne in profusion. It can be mass planted as a groundcover, or mixed with other colourful perennials or used...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Oct 4, 2018 | Cold Hardy, Deciduous to partly deciduous, Full Sun, Large shrub or small tree, Thorny Plants, Water-wise
A large shrub or small tree with attractive and novel bi-coloured flowers that are followed by interesting, intertwined pods. Dichrostachys cinerea can easily be pruned into shapely, single stemmed trees. May be thickly planted along boundaries to form an...
