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Lavender 'Margaret Roberts' is a South African lavender variety known for its resilience, delightful fragrance, and nearly year-round blooming. To cultivate its best performance, plant in full sun, allowing adequate spacing for proper air circulation between the plants. 

Ideal for low-maintenance borders, herb gardens, and waterwise landscaping.

Adapts well in full sun and well draining soil, making it perfectly suited to the Western Cape's dry summers and coastal conditions.

While Lavenders can thrive in pots, ensure you use high-quality, well-draining potting soil. For optimal growth, consider fertilizing Lavender 'Margaret Roberts' from spring to autumn with products like Atlantic Bio Ocean or Vigorosa 5:1:5.

Star Jasmine is renowned for its delightful spring fragrance, and this versatile vine also enhances the beauty of trellises, fences, or walls. 

Its year-round charm culminates in late spring when the plant bursts into a profusion of fragrant star-shaped blossoms that adorn it for 5 to 6 weeks.

In expansive landscapes, it is often utilized as ground cover, excelling equally as a topiary specimen or an elegant hedge. To ensure optimal growth, plant the Star jasmine in well-drained soil enriched with compost.

Clivia – Indigenous Spring Bloomer for Shade or Under Trees

The Clivia is a beloved South African classic, ideal for planting beneath trees or in shaded spots where few other plants thrive. With vibrant trumpet-shaped blooms in spring and bold, strap-like leaves year-round, it makes a striking feature plant for any garden.

Once established, it’s low maintenance and drought-tolerant, making it perfect for Cape Town’s waterwise gardeners.

• Indigenous and shade-loving
• Spring-flowering with bold blooms
• Excellent in mass plantings or containers
• Grows well with minimal care
• Ideal for Western Cape’s winter rainfall gardens

An evergreen perennial, this plant is widely cultivated for it’s dramatic, colourful flowers and structural shape. The beautiful orange, blue and white flowering display can be admired during May to December.

Strelitzia is a bold structural plant that is wind resistant and grows well in coastal gardens too.   Provided that they are given lots of bright light with some direct sun they can be successfully grown indoors.  Feed with compost in early spring before new growth begins and then fertilize during the growing season. Indigenous.

Wild Garlic, also known as 'Wildeknoffel', is a clump-forming perennial with narrow leaves and large clusters of fragrant, violet flowers from midsummer to autumn. Very striking when mass-planted in your garden to create a colourful display. The leaves are edible and can be used as substitute for garlic and chives in cooking. It can be used as an edging plant, along a pathway and displayed in a rockery. Wild garlic is drought-resistant , low-maintenance and easy to grow.

Jasminum polyanthum, commonly known as common jasmine, is a fast-growing, evergreen climber celebrated for its profusion of intensely fragrant jasmine flowers. It produces masses of pink buds that open into star-shaped white blooms from late winter into early spring, adding charm and fragrance to any space.

Unlike star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides), which is a different species, Jasminum polyanthum prefers sun to partial shade and grows best in well-draining soil. It is ideal for training over trellises, covering walls, or growing in containers on patios or decks. While it doesn't bloom in summer like some other summer flowers, its early-season display is striking. Jasminum polyanthum requires minimal pruning and is an easy-care addition to both formal and informal garden settings.

Granadilla,also known as 'Purple Passionfruit', is a vigorous vine-like climber valued for its edible fruit in summer. Clings by its tendrils to almost any support. Bears attractive purple and white flowers in Spring. First fruits should be ready for harvesting 6-9 months after planting.  After its second year it should bear fruit twice a year. Peak fruit season being August to November and February to June. Requires plenty of water in its growing period. Granadilla can also be grown indoors if positioned in a very light spot.

Fantastic for making barbecue skewers - just thread meat or veg on the stems. Rosemary is a woody perennial herb with aromatic needle-like leaves. Perfect choice for a fragrant low hedge or planted in a container. Bright blue flowers in late winter or spring.  Attractive and drought-tolerant. Many culinary and medicinal uses. 

Starry Wild Jasmine,also known as 'Boerejasmyn', is a  versatile semi-climber that can reach up to 3m in height or transform into a compact, tidy hedge when pruned. Its fragrant, white flowers with delicate pink undersides grace your garden from September to January.

Notably, the Starry Wild Jasmine is indigenous, promoting biodiversity, and its exquisite fragrance makes it a delightful choice for attracting pollinators and enhancing your garden's sensory experience.

Crowned, Plant of the Year, at the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show.

South African breeders, De Wet breeders, spent years crossing, combining, and recombining thousands of carefully selected agapanthus varieties to produce BLACKJACK. The most intensely colored Agapanthus on the market at the moment.

Inky black buds open to big intense black-purple striped flower heads in summer.

Two of the significant attributes of this beauty are  its incredible colour and an extended flowering season.

BLACKJACK is vigorous in growth and flowering, disease resistant and stable - with no hidden flaws.

This undemanding perennial is heat and drought tolerant. This Agapanthus is ‘The One’ 

Brachyscome is a compact perennial with tons of flowers from spring to summer and on to autumn. It is a great plant for containers and for flower gardens and grows easy.

Portulacaria Afra, also known as 'Spekboom', is an easy-to-grow indigenous plant typically reaching heights of 2 meters in garden settings. Its small, non-invasive root system makes it perfect for poolside or boundary planting. With its compact structure, it's an excellent choice for accent planting, bonsai enthusiasts and landscapers. Creates perfect hedges and garden borders and readily accepts regular pruning. Spekboom is a truly 'green' succulent playing a vital role in combating air pollution by acting as a carbon sponge, effectively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

This renowned Floribunda rose variety is celebrated for its profusion of pristine white blooms. It's remarkably low-maintenance, making it an ideal choice for gardeners of all levels. If you notice yellowing leaves, a simple feeding with Vigorosa can rejuvenate its vitality. For consistent flushes of flowers, consider pruning in mid-July and mid-January.

In terms of care, this resilient beauty thrives in a well-drained soil location with full sun. Regular deadheading (removing spent flowers) can encourage continuous blooming.

A showstopper with its thick, round, smooth and curly foliage that is very suitable to be used in containers or in mixed beds. Heavenly fragrant flowers in spring and autumn. The orange blossom fragrance alone makes it an essential for a small to medium-sized garden. The flowers are also often seen in flower arrangements.

Gardenias, renowned for their captivating fragrance and beautiful white or yellow flowers that bloom during spring and early summer, are suitable for gardens or indoor pots. This evergreen shrub thrives in warm climates with indirect sunlight. It requires well-drained, acidic soil enriched with organic matter. Regular watering is essential, but take care not to overwater, as their roots are sensitive to waterlogged conditions. Plant them near a patio, garden bench, or window to fully enjoy their fragrance. They do best with morning sun and afternoon shade.

This dwarf cultivar of Carissa macrocarpa is a popular groundcover which seldom grows more than knee height. It forms a dense mat of attractive, glossy emerald green foliage. Fragrant, starry white flowers and edible red fruit occasionally throught the year. Also looks great in a container. Due to its hardiness, drought-resistance and evergreen nature it is widely used in commercial landscapes, along road sides and in parking areas under trees. Indigenous.

This charming Gaura boasts wispy flowers that resemble a fluttering cloud of dual-colored butterflies dancing in the breeze. With an upright and strong growth habit, this variety showcases exquisite ice cream pink blooms.

These delightful flowers are perfect for cut arrangements and work wonders for filling border gaps or connecting different plant groupings together. Enjoy their bloom show from mid-spring to early winter, and simply trim them back to the ground in late winter to anticipate the next enchanting flower explosion come spring."

Hardy, evergreen with large showy flowers that fade from yellow to pink with a deep pink centre. Social butterfly is perfect to add a bit of glitz and glam to your garden. The ‘Hollywood collection’ was bred to provide an excess of blooms. Flowers all summer long. Great in containers. 

Agapanthus 'Wilgenhof Blue',also known as 'African Lily', is a hardy agapanthus variety boasting medium-sized, strap-like leaves and stunning umbels of sky-blue flowers. These blossoms grace long stalks and bloom from December to April, making them perfect for cut flower arrangements.

They thrive in well-drained soil with full sun to partial shade. Ensure regular watering to keep the soil consistently moist, especially during the growing season. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage further blooming, and consider dividing the plant every few years to maintain its vigor. Agapanthus'Wilgenhof Blue' is a versatile beauty requiring minimal maintenance.

‘McConnell’s Blue‘ is the most widely grown rosemary. It bears small blue flowers in summer, and grows slowly but surely into a large bush. Prune and shape it regularly if you want a smaller, more compact shrub.

Magic Mona will delight with a profusion of large, beautiful purple flowers during Autumn. A compact grower. A perennial bee magnet to any garden. Ideal in pots or flower beds. Indigenous.

Spekboom'Grande' ,also known as Large-leaf Spekboom, has slightly larger leaves than the rest of its family. This versatile plant is considered by many to be a miracle plant and is highly regarded for its ability to fight climate change. This indigenous plant acts like a carbon sponge and statistics indicate that a Spekboom thicket is 10 times more effective per hectare in carbon fighting than any rainforest.

For care, provide well-drained soil and ample sunlight. Water sparingly, as it's drought-resistant. Spekboom'Grande' benefits by occasional pruning ,helping to maintain its shape and promote branching. 

This vigorous deciduous climber, with spectacular clusters of violet-blue or white flowers, is perfect for training over a sunny wall or left to hang from a sturdy pergola or arch. They can look equally beautiful when left to informally ramble through well-established trees and shrubs. Requires a sturdy structure to climb on as the mature plant gets heavy. 

Indigenous, neat, evergreen, decorative tree for medium-large sized gardens.  It is a useful screener tree and provides contrast in the garden due to its grey-green foliage. Thrives in large pots and responds well to pruning. Hardy and drought resistant. Withstands coastal and windy conditions. The wild olive has beautiful wood for furniture making. Has many medicinal uses.

Summer Love' New Blue is a charming, low-growing Agapanthus variety that blooms early and continues to grace your garden with its fragrant, wispy, blue trumpet-shaped flowers throughout the entire summer. With its clump-forming strap-shaped leaves and robust stems, it's not only a delightful addition to your garden but also a potted favorite, thriving in full sunlight.

A fast-growing, woody climber adorned with stunning pink or white trumpet flowers that grace your garden from spring to summer. Ideal for elegantly covering fences or training over trellises, it's easily pruned to your desired height.

Remarkably, it's a versatile choice, thriving when grown in pots, and its vibrant blooms attract pollinators, adding life and color to your garden.

The Honey-Bell Bush is a beautiful, tall growing indigenous shrub with slender, rather loosely spreading branches that flowers profusely. This fast-growing, waterwise shrub benefits by regular pruning to encourage bushy growth. Flowers mainly in Spring. The Honey-Bell Bush can also be used to create a hedge and does equally well in patio pots.

 This evergreen shrub resembles rosemary but lacks its fragrance and culinary value. It excels in coastal gardens, withstanding salt spray admirably. It thrives in sandy, well-drained soil and becomes relatively drought-tolerant once established, requiring less water than other plants. Additionally, it responds well to pruning, allowing you to shape it into beautifully pruned balls, hedges, or lollipop standards. During spring and summer, it adorns itself with dainty white or blue flowers.

‘Frantoio’ is the most noted olive oil variety of Tuscany, Italy and makes an excellent potted specimen.  White flowers in spring produce small round to oval black fruit in Autumn.  Self-pollinating, but can be used to pollinate other cultivars. Plant in well-draining soil.

Beautiful indigenous Arum Lily will provide a spectacular effect with their trumpet-shaped flowers, surrounding a yellow finger-like stalk. Spring-flowering. Makes excellent cut flowers. Well suited to planting near ponds and streams. Goes dormant in autumn and comes back in Spring. Use in borders, containers or as cut flowers.

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Grown for its exceptionally beautiful velvety silver foliage. A soft, vigorous shrub with roundish, aromatic (licorice) leaves covered in silver grey hairs. Blooms consist of tiny cream-white flowers from November to January. Ideal for containers, borders and as a groundcover.  Requires well-drained soil. Indigenous. 

Reaching a height of 5m+ with a non-aggressive root system, the Kei-apple is an extremely versatile all-rounder that lends itself to many applications: it can planted on its own, in a border or as a screen. It can be pruned to create a compact neat shape which makes it ideal for confined areas, container planting or as a bonsai. The evergreen foliage is dense and the branches have thorns which make it a good choice for a security hedge

 Birds such as the louries and the black-eyed bulbuls love the unusual fruit of a Dovyalis caffra. 

Agapanthus 'Mount Superior',also known as 'African Lily', is the brilliant pure white we recommend for your garden. A hardy and resilient choice that also does well in pots and  containers. A semi-evergreen shrub with a compact habit and white trumpet-shaped blooms in summer to early autumn.  Plant this elegant white Agapanthus in well-drained soil.

Highly recommended as a fast growing hedge plant, this scrambling shrub is also often used as a framework plant in flower beds. Expect a lively concert from honey bees and birds as they come to feast on the nectar. 

A handsome, indigenous tree, suitable for most gardens. Beautiful deep red flowers make this a feature tree for summer shade.

Deciduous to semi-deciduous. Dark green foliage turns copper-red in spring. Nectar-rich flowers from Sept-Oct. Bright red, nectar-filled flowers will invite birds and bees to the garden.

Low maintenance. Cut to any shape or size. 

Drought-resistant, evergreen shrubs and trees, with handsome, glossy foliage and fragrant, starry-white, jasmine-like flowers. Ornamental and edible, scarlet to crimson oval fruits are produced after flowering. Carissas are attractive, ornamental shrubs and make excellent hedges. Does well in coastal areas. Plant 1 m to form an impenetrable hedge, they have thorns. 

Kumquats grow on evergreen trees.  The fruit has a sweet, tart taste and can be eaten with peel and all. In spring you’ll be treated to showy, fragrant white flowers. Fruit ripen from autumn. The trees are self-fertile, so you’ll only need one to produce fruit. Fantastic when planted in pots with good drainage.

This early-blooming agapanthus is compact and clump-forming, with light silvery-blue star-shaped blooms on strong stems. It's not only a beautiful compact indigenous filler for garden beds but also remarkably low-maintenance. Flowers from mid-spring on strong stems, making it an excellent choice for hassle-free gardening.

The Mission olive makes a stunning feature tree. Suitable for planting in small gardens due to its slow growth speed and compact growth habit/ form. Very suitable for pots.   Cross pollinate with Frantoio. A very popular cultivar to produce black table olives and olive oil. Harvest October-November. Plant in well-draining soil. Can be pruned as a hedge or windbreak.

Wild Bird Seed Bells include yellow millet & red millet.

A variety of different seeds to produce a balanced feed and diet for each bird type. All Westerman's seed is graded, sorted and then cleaned of all impurities and dust.

The Yellow Spekboom is an indigenous plant with bright yellow-green, rounded succulent leaves and a reddish stem. For gardening purposes the plant is grown for its striking leaf colour and water-wise attributes. The leaves are edible and the plant has marvelous air-purifying qualities. It helps fight air pollution in that it removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, acting like a carbon sponge. Easy to grow and low-maintenance. It works well in hot, dry rockeries or grouped with other succulents in drought-prone areas.Yellow Spekboom happily provides bright evergreen leaf colour amongst plants receiving regular watering.

Sundancer is a bushy evergreen fuchsia, coming into flower when the weather warms up continuing to flower right through the year. Expect a profusion of bell-shaped flowers to make a statement in any garden.

The evergreen False Olive is a tough, fast-growing, and versatile indigenous tree perfect for hedging, screening, or shaping into a small ornamental tree. It thrives in full sun, is both drought and frost resistant, and has non-invasive roots—ideal for small gardens, containers, and even bonsai.

In spring, it produces masses of fragrant white flowers that attract birds, bees, and butterflies. It’s low-maintenance, responds well to pruning, and offers medicinal uses and durable wood, making it as practical as it is beautiful.

A small to medium sized, evergreen tree with a graceful willow-like appearance and neat crown.  Fast and easy to grow, making it an ideal shade tree for a newly established suburban garden. Cut to any size. Dense growth habit makes it a good windbreak option. 

Wind and drought tolerant.  The leaves are fine and delicate. Tiny, green flowers in spring and summer are followed by edible red berries that will attract birds to the garden.

Indigenous, Waterwise, Wind-tolerant. 

An evergreen sub-shrub with vibrant, purple-magenta, pea-like flowers, adorning a compact mound of gray-green foliage for much of the year.

Highly recommended as a fast growing hedge plant, this scrambling shrub is also often used as a framework plant in flower beds. Expect a lively concert from honey bees and birds as they come to feast on the nectar. 

Flowering quite early and all through the summer, 'Summer Love White' is a compact, low growing beauty with clump-forming strap-shaped leaves and it bears wispy, pure white trumpet-shaped flowers. Its strong stems make it a gardener's favourite for use in pots and containers. This ever-blooming indigenous perennial should have a spot in every garden. 'Summer Love White' is suitable for sunny to semi-shade positions.

A low-maintenance flowering perennial from the daisy family, which flowers enthusiastically for many months, can be used as a ground cover and to soften edges. These white-pink daisy-flowers will invite butterflies to your garden.

A compact shrub bearing clusters of small, star-shaped white flowers in summer, the Nandina Domestica 'Firepower' has beautiful foliage in all seasons.  In autumn the leaves turn shades of red and orange and in spring they are lime-green. This dwarf cultivar makes it ideal for small gardens and tight spaces.  The flowers develop into shiny red fruits. 

An eye cather in any garden with mauve to purple flowers. Buchus have small, round oil glands on their leaves and fruit. Crushing the leaves of this buchu releases a sweet lemon scent. A threatened and endangered specie in its natural habitat.

A delight in winter when many other flowers are dormant. When in full bloom, this evergreen creeper is a magnificent cascading waterfall of orange trumpets with shiny green leaves. Ideal to cover pergolas, walls or to hide unsightly garden features like watertanks. Tolerates coastal conditions. Will attract bees, butterflies and birds to the garden.

 A resilient shrub boasting lush green foliage and magnificent bursts of pink or white blooms each spring. Elevate your garden effortlessly with its low-maintenance charm. Shape it into the hedge of your dreams or let it flourish in pots or beds.

Gossip Queen is your go-to-flower for all the latest garden rumours.  Her stunning orange petals and electric pink centre will bring all the Hollywood glamour to your garden. Flowers repeatedly in summer. Plant in well-drained soil. A colourful tropical stunner.

The forest elder is an attractive, moisture-loving, medium-sized tree. This tree will give you an abundance of white flowers in the grey winter months and is an excellent investment for a focal feature in a smaller garden.  It has been classified as having a non invasive root system. Evergreen. Cut to any size. Suitable for planting in pots.

An evergreen beauty with vibrant, purple, pea-like flowers. Southern Shores is a neat and tough, rounded shrub with grey-green leaves.  Ideal for coastal gardens as it is wind and salt tolerant. 

This variety will delight and brighten your garden with vibrant rouge coloured flowers in spring.  Will attracts birds to the garden.  Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.

A compact flowering shrub, with masses of salmon coloured upright flowerheads. They are tough, versatile and ideal for a sunny spot in the garden.

A perfect tree for the suburban garden as it is quick and easy to grow, tolerates wind and drought, is evergreen with a graceful habit and a neat crown and won't get too big.