by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Feb 19, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water in summer, Water-wise
One of the toughest indigenous shrubs, Buddleja salviifolia is evergreen with attractive grey-green leaves. It bears lovely clusters of fragrant, white, cream, lilac, or purple flowers in late winter or early spring. These plants are fast-growing and can be...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Feb 16, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water in summer, Water-wise
A small to a medium-sized, evergreen tree. Buddleja saligna, False Olive, or witolienhout, is one of our fastest-growing, most water-wise, and cold-resistant trees. It has a gray-green appearance except when it is in flower when it turns white or cream under the...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Feb 11, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, Groundcovers, Succulent, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
Bulbine frutescens, snake flower or geelkatstert, is an attractive, succulent shrub that makes a very good groundcover. The flowers are yellow or orange and are borne on slender spikes at almost any time of the year. The sap from the leaves has wonderful skin healing...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Nov 13, 2018 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Deciduous, Medium sized tree, Plants with thorns, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
An attractive, medium sized, deciduous tree with a rounded crown. Ziziphus mucronata is an iconic tree in Africa and regarded with much reverence and esteem by many African peoples. It makes an ideal shade tree, particularly in colder areas, as it will provide...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Sep 18, 2018 | Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, Full Sun, Large shrub or small tree, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
Searsia lancea (= Rhus lancea) is a very drought and cold hardy evergreen tree, the Karee is a symbol of South Africa’s dry interior. Reasonably fast growing, it is happy in most soils, even poor draining types. May be used for screening or as a shade...
by Malcolm Hepplewhite | Sep 11, 2018 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Large shrub or small tree, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
Leucosidea sericea, Ouhout, is an evergreen, very hardy large shrub or small tree. Leucosidea sericea, Ouhout, is an evergreen, large shrub or small tree that is filled with character. The gnarled and twisted stems with the dark, rough and peeling...
