Professional Landscaping Plants - Landscaper's Choice

The Wild Olive is one of South Africa’s most treasured indigenous trees, known for its timeless beauty and resilience. Its silvery-green leaves and rugged trunk add instant character to gardens, while its drought tolerance makes it a dependable choice for the Western Cape.

Best planted in full sun, this evergreen tree grows slowly but steadily into a long-lived garden feature. It thrives in coastal and dry conditions and can also be pruned into a neat hedge or trained for use in a large pot. 

 The wild olive has beautiful wood for furniture making. Has many medicinal uses.

Yellow Wild Iris (Dietes Bicolor) is a fast-growing, low-maintenance indigenous perennial with graceful long narrow arching leaves and masses of beautiful lemon-yellow flowers with distinctive black-brown markings from August to February.

Why You'll Love It:
• Long flowering season from August to February
• Graceful long narrow arching leaves create elegant displays
• Fast-growing, low-maintenance indigenous perennial
• Perfect for water-wise gardens and coastal plantings
• Can be mass-planted as groundcover or used as single accent plant
• Striking yellow flowers make excellent cut flowers
• Supports local wildlife
• Reliable blooms with drought tolerance

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart for mass plantings or use as specimen plants in containers and garden beds. Thrives in sun to semi-shade with well-drained soil. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

Learn more about successful coastal gardening with indigenous plants like Dietes, or discover water-wise gardening techniques for creating beautiful, drought-tolerant landscapes.