Sempervivum 'Purple fluff' is a mat-forming evergreen succulent featuring fleshy rosettes with purple fluffy leaves, The mother plant offsets readily, to create a large colony over time. Bears small pink flowers from late summer. The rosettes die after flowering, but are quickly replaced by new ones.  Ideal for beds, borders and containers.

Sensation is a vigorous grower. The skin of the fruit is a dark plum red and the flesh is light yellow and mildly sweet in flavour. Harvest from February to April.

The Rose Simplicity is a celebrated floribunda rose producing clusters of medium-pink, semi-double flowers across the season. Its buds open into flat, softly hued flowers that repeat in flushes from spring through to autumn. With a medium, bushy habit and leathery foliage, it works beautifully in hedges, mass plantings or as specimen shrubs, offering consistent charm in garden designs.

Vigorous and disease-resistant, Simplicity thrives in full sun with well-draining, compost-enriched soil. Feed with a balanced rose fertiliser in early spring and after each flowering flush to sustain bloom, and prune lightly in winter to maintain form. Water deeply at the base, mulch to conserve moisture, and deadhead spent clusters to encourage fresh blossoms. A reliable and elegant choice for Cape Town gardens, Rose Simplicity delivers enduring floribunda beauty with minimal fuss.

Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra) is South Africa's beloved 'miracle plant' featuring traditional small, round succulent leaves that create dense, compact growth perfect for detailed pruning and shaping.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous carbon-capturing champion
• Small, round succulent leaves with fine-textured foliage
• Forms tight, neat hedges with regular trimming
• Ideal for bonsai work and intricate topiary designs
• Perfect for precise garden borders and detailed definition
• Compact leaf size suits smaller garden spaces
• Excellent for container growing

Planting & Care:
Feed with a balanced succulent fertilizer in spring to encourage healthy growth and maintain its characteristic dense branching pattern. The classic Spekboom's compact leaf size and naturally bushy habit make it particularly suitable for applications where a refined, detailed appearance is preferred over bold architectural statements.

Knockout is a small evergreen perennial shrub, with red and yellow flowers from Winter to Spring, contrasted against dark green foliage.  This hardy beauty will attract birds to your garden.  Ideal for borders and low hedges in low maintenance gardens. Prefers well-drained soil.

The red-hued Angelonia captivates with bold, fiery blossoms, resembling miniature snapdragons on elegant upright spikes. Flourishing in the summer heat, this plant adds a striking splash of color to the garden. With minimal care required and a sweet, fruity fragrance, it's ideal for creating vibrant borders or statement pots.

The dark purple Angelonia enchants with deep, rich blooms, adding an elegant splash of color to your garden. With its upright spikes of tiny snapdragon-like flowers, it thrives in the summer heat, standing strong when other plants fade. Its bushy growth, low-maintenance care, and sweet fruity fragrance make it perfect for striking borders or bold pots, creating a sophisticated touch of beauty and resilience in any space.

Meet the Berry Sparkler Angelonia, a dazzling bedding plant that brings a burst of colour to your garden. With its upright spikes of rich berry-pink flowers, it blooms from October through May in Cape Town, thriving in the long, warm days. Often called the Summer Snapdragon, it’s perfect for containers, borders, and mass plantings, adding instant cheer and elegance.

This water-wise beauty loves full sun to semi-shade, rewarding you with months of continuous blooms and very little fuss. Whether you’re brightening up a patio pot or creating a vibrant garden display, Berry Sparkler is a showstopper that says easy care meets spectacular colour.

Why You’ll Love It

• Long flowering season in Cape Town (October–May).
• Vibrant berry-pink blooms that light up any space.
• Compact, upright growth perfect for pots and borders.
• Water-wise and heat-tolerant once established.
• Low-maintenance with continuous colour all summer.

Plant & Care

Plant in well-drained soil and give it a sunny to semi-shaded position. Water regularly during hot, dry spells, but avoid overwatering in winter. Deadhead spent blooms to encourage fresh flowers and maintain a neat look. Feed lightly with a balanced fertiliser during the growing season for maximum colour impact.

Did You Know?

Angelonia is nicknamed the “Summer Snapdragon” because its flowers resemble miniature snapdragons, but unlike true snapdragons, it thrives in heat and keeps blooming for months without pause!

Angelonia Guardian Angel Blue delights with upright spikes of rich indigo‑blue flowers, each bloom carrying a delicate snapdragon‑like charm. This sun‑loving perennial thrives in Cape Town’s warm summers, flowering continuously from late spring into early autumn. Compact yet floriferous, it’s ideal for edging borders, filling patio pots, or adding vertical interest to mixed beds. With its resilience to heat and minimal fuss, Angelonia brings effortless colour and structure to any sunny garden.

Why You’ll Love It

• Elegant blue flower spikes with snapdragon appeal
• Long flowering season from October into March
• Heat‑tolerant and reliable in Cape Town’s climate
• Compact habit perfect for pots, borders, and edging
• Attracts pollinators, adding life and movement outdoors

Planting & Care Plant in well‑drained, compost‑enriched soil in full sun. Water regularly during hot spells, keeping soil evenly moist but not soggy. Feed every 3–4 weeks with a balanced fertilizer to sustain flowering. Trim lightly after each flush of blooms to encourage fresh growth. Protect from frost in winter, though Cape Town’s mild climate suits it well.

Did You Know? Angelonia flowers last beautifully in arrangements, cut stems stay fresh for over a week, making them a secret weapon for long‑lasting bouquets.

Angelonia produces an abundance of pure white flowers resembling small snapdragons on upright spikes. These resilient plants thrive in the heat of summer, making them an excellent choice for adding a touch of fresh elegance during the hottest months. Their bushy, low-maintenance nature is complemented by a delightful fruity fragrance. Perfect for creating crisp, clean borders or adding charm to pots.

Magnificent and popular evergreen conifer with dense green to golden yellow foliage. Column shaped. Often used to create height.  Makes a perfect focal specimen. Also used to create a hedge. Great to create a topiary. Ideally placed along driveways and in containers. Very cold weather intensifies the coloration of the foliage. Wind tolerant.

Sweet Viburnum (Viburnum Sinensis) – our most popular hedging plant grows quickly to form a dense, evergreen screen that delivers instant privacy between you and your neighbours.

Why You'll Love It:
• Fast-growing for instant privacy
• Dense, evergreen screen for year-round coverage
• Tough nature makes it one of the best windbreak choices
• Adaptable to both clay and sandy soils
• Establishes easily and responds well to trimming
• Reliable for decades of use in the garden

Versatile Uses:
Keep it neat for a tidy hedge or allow it to grow taller and prune it into a small shade tree. With regular light cuts, your Viburnum will stay lush and compact, providing protection and year-round greenery for Western Cape gardens.

Perfect for creating privacy and structure in your garden. Learn how to choose the perfect tree for your garden or discover successful coastal gardening techniques for thriving hedges and windbreaks.

This 'best-seller' shrub is your answer when you need a tall growing screen, hedge or topiary and you need it quickly. A fast-growing, hardy,  evergreen shrub with fragrant funnel-shaped white flowers. 

Limes add a tasty zing and so much flavour to food and drinks. A nearly thornless tree with seedless fruit. Great patio plant. Produces fruit mainly from May - Oct. Position in a sunny spot, sheltered from the wind.

The fruit of Tommy Atkins are medium to large in size with an oval to oblong shape. They have a long shelf life and are disease resistant. The skin of the fruit has a dark red blush, covering most of the fruit with a slight yellow and green tinge. Harvest from late November to January

A lovely evergreen branching succulent with apple green rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves.  Although the Tree Aeonium is drought tolerant it has a shallow root system and will require more regular watering.  Ideal for rockeries and containers.

Variegated Dwarf Elephant Bush (Portulacaria Afra 'Variegata'), also known as 'Variegated Spekboom', is a charming hardy succulent with attractive cream and green variegated foliage that creates stunning visual interest in water-wise gardens. This low-growing indigenous plant works beautifully as groundcover, cascading dramatically down rockeries, or spilling attractively over the edges of pots and containers. Like all Spekboom varieties, it's a powerful carbon-capturing plant that contributes to environmental sustainability while requiring minimal care. Plant 40-50cm apart for groundcover effect or use individually in containers where its trailing habit can be showcased. Feed with a balanced succulent fertilizer in spring and again in mid-summer to maintain vibrant variegation and encourage healthy growth, ensuring excellent drainage to prevent root rot.

A tough and easy-to-grow succulent, which is ideal for pots, containers and rock gardens.  The spoon-shaped fleshy leaves are variegated with white to cream stripes.  Younger leaves will also have a slight pink tinge.  Bears white star-shaped flowers in spring, which will attract bees to the garden.  Drought tolerant.

This dazzling vinca bursts into vivid scarlet blooms from late spring right through summer in Cape Town’s warm climate, adding a splash of colour when many other plants fade. Perfect for bedding displays, edging, pots, or mass planting, it thrives in sunny spots and tolerates heat beautifully. Hardy, low-maintenance, and water-wise, it’s a favourite for coastal and urban gardens alike.

Why You’ll Love It

• Striking, velvety red flowers that bloom for months.
• Compact, bushy growth ideal for borders and pots.
• Heat- and drought-tolerant once established.
• Low-maintenance annual with continuous colour.
• Attracts pollinators like butterflies to your garden.

Plant & Care

Plant in well-drained soil in full sun for best flowering. Water moderately, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings, avoid overwatering. Deadhead spent blooms to encourage continuous flowering. Pinch back young plants to promote bushy growth. Replace annually, as vinca is typically grown as a summer bedding plant in Cape Town.

Did You Know?

Vinca flowers are so resilient that they’re often called “summer survivors” ,they keep blooming even in the hottest Cape Town days when many other bedding plants wilt.

Vinca Pacifica Halo Magenta shines with radiant magenta petals encircled by a crisp white halo, creating a luminous contrast that brightens beds, borders, and patio pots. This hardy annual thrives in Cape Town’s summer heat, offering colour where water‑wise choices are essential. Flowering from mid‑spring through late autumn, it maintains a neat, rounded habit that suits both modern and cottage gardens. With its resilience and striking two‑tone blooms, Catharanthus roseus is a standout performer for sunny spaces.

Why You’ll Love It

• Unique magenta blooms framed by a white halo
• Heat‑resistant and reliable in Cape Town’s summers
• Long flowering season from October into May
• Compact, rounded habit for edging and pots
• Excellent water‑wise choice for coastal gardens

Planting & Care Plant in sandy or loamy soil enriched with compost, in full sun. Water moderately, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings. Feed every 3–4 weeks with a balanced fertilizer to sustain flowering. Pinch back lightly to encourage bushier growth and more blooms. Protect from cold snaps, as vinca thrives in warm conditions.

Did You Know? The white halo around each bloom makes Vinca Pacifica Halo Magenta glow at dusk, perfect for evening gardens and outdoor entertaining spaces.

Catharanthus roseus hybrid Vinca Titan White ‘Polka Dot’ is a vigorous annual that dazzles with crisp white blooms marked by a bold red eye. In Cape Town’s Western Cape climate, it flowers continuously from late spring through autumn (October to May), thriving in the long, warm summers. Perfect for garden beds, borders, and patio containers, it delivers a cheerful carpet of colour with minimal effort. This sun-loving hybrid is heat and drought tolerant once established, making it ideal for coastal and water-wise gardens. Hardy, low-maintenance, and endlessly floriferous, it’s a reliable choice for instant seasonal impact. A true showstopper, Vinca Titan White ‘Polka Dot’ Catharanthus roseus hybrid brings brightness and resilience to every outdoor space. Use in garden beds or in containers for pops of colour. 

Why You’ll Love It

• Striking white blooms with a vivid red centre.
• Flowers prolifically from spring through autumn in Cape Town.
• Heat and drought tolerant, perfect for water-wise gardens.
• Compact, bushy habit ideal for beds, borders, and containers.
• Low-maintenance and reliable seasonal colour.

Plant & Care

Plant in well-drained soil and position in full sun for best flowering. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as the plant becomes drought tolerant. Feed lightly with a balanced fertiliser every few weeks to encourage continuous blooms. Remove spent flowers to keep plants looking fresh and tidy. Protect from cold snaps, as vinca is frost-sensitive.

Did You Know? 

Although often called “Madagascar Periwinkle,” vinca hybrids like Titan White ‘Polka Dot’ are celebrated worldwide for their ability to flower non-stop in hot, sunny conditions where many other bedding plants struggle.

The Vinca Titan ‘Rose’ is a bold and resilient Catharanthus hybrid, featuring large, vibrant rose-colored blooms. Heat and drought-tolerant, this low-maintenance annual thrives in full sun, making it perfect for garden beds, borders, and containers.

A fast growing evergreen indigenous tree that will attract birds to your garden and will tolerate heavy winds and drought conditions even though it naturally prefers to grow along river banks. 

Water Oak is a Cape Garden favourite and an attractive, medium-sized deciduous tree that's fast-growing, ensuring you'll be rewarded with a magnificent specimen in just a few years. This versatile oak does extremely well in urban areas and is often planted along avenues for its uniform shape and reliable performance in challenging city conditions. The Water Oak tolerates clay soil and provides excellent autumn color displays, making it perfect for larger gardens, parks, and commercial landscapes where seasonal interest is desired. Plant 8-10m apart for avenue plantings or use as specimen trees in garden beds and larger landscapes. Feed annually in spring with a balanced tree fertilizer and enrich soil with quality compost for optimal growth. For young trees, provide support with tree stakes and secure with tree ties until well established. Apply pine mulch around the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Plant in full sun with well-drained to clay soil for best performance. Learn more about FALLing in love with deciduous trees this AUTUMN with spectacular oaks like Water Oak, or discover how to choose the perfect tree for your garden with fast-growing shade trees.

Water Pear (Syzygium guineense) – a hardy, indigenous evergreen that performs beautifully in Western Cape gardens whether grown as a single shade tree or trained into a dense, full hedge. Its glossy foliage creates a lush, year-round screen, offering excellent privacy, cooling shade and natural noise softening. From August to December it carries clusters of creamy white, lightly scented flowers that draw bees and seasonal pollinators.

Why You'll Love It:
• Fast-growing evergreen that provides consistent screening
• Ideal as a shade tree or clipped into a thick hedge
• Flowers in late winter to early summer with soft, creamy blooms
• Indigenous and well-suited to Western Cape conditions
• Low-maintenance and water-wise once established

Planting & Care:
Plant in full sun in moist, well-drained soil enriched with compost. Water regularly during the first year, then reduce as the tree establishes. Feed in spring with a balanced tree fertiliser for strong, healthy growth. Stake young plants for support and mulch around the base to retain moisture. Space 4–5 m apart for hedging or plant individually as feature trees.

A graceful indoor and patio tree prized for its elegant, arching branches and glossy green leaves. This special twisted stem form adds sculptural interest, making it a living artwork in any space. Known as the Weeping Fig, it thrives in bright, indirect light and adapts well to containers, courtyards, or indoor atriums. In Cape Town’s climate, it remains evergreen year-round, occasionally producing small, inconspicuous flowers and tiny fig-like fruits in summer (December–February), though its foliage and form are the true highlights.

Why You’ll Love It

• Unique twisted stem creates a striking, sculptural focal point.
• Glossy green leaves provide lush, year-round greenery.
• Evergreen in Cape Town’s mild climate.
• Adaptable indoors or outdoors in sheltered courtyards.
• Excellent natural air purifier indoors.
• Can be trained and shaped for decorative effect.
• Adds elegance and serenity to modern or classic spaces.
• Hardy and resilient once established.
• Long-lived and low-maintenance with proper care.

Planting & Care

Position in bright, indirect light indoors, or semi-shade outdoors. Use well-draining soil enriched with compost. Water moderately, allow the topsoil to dry slightly between waterings. Mist leaves occasionally to increase humidity indoors. Prune lightly to maintain shape and encourage bushy growth. Protect from cold drafts in winter.

Did You Know?

The Weeping Fig is one of the most popular indoor trees worldwide, often used in offices and malls because of its ability to thrive in containers and tolerate lower light, while the twisted stem form adds a touch of artistry.

Rose Iceberg is one of the world's most celebrated floribunda roses, prized for its profusion of pristine white blooms that appear continuously from spring to autumn. Renowned for its reliability and elegance, Iceberg adds timeless beauty to beds, borders, and mass plantings, while also making an excellent cut flower.

Why You'll Love It:
• Profusion of pristine white blooms continuously from spring to autumn
• One of the world's most celebrated floribunda roses
• Renowned for reliability and elegance
• Vigorous, upright habit with pure blooms
• Exceptionally hardy and low-maintenance
• Excellent cut flower with timeless beauty
• Perfect for beds, borders, and mass plantings
• Favourite for Cape Town gardens and landscaping projects
• Season-long displays of classic white beauty

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart in full sun with well-draining, compost-enriched soil. Feed with a balanced rose fertiliser in spring and again after each flush, or apply Vigorosa to revitalise yellowing leaves. For best performance, prune in mid-July and mid-January, water deeply at the base, mulch to retain moisture, and deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming.

Protea 'King White' is a medium-sized indigenous shrub that produces spectacular large white protea flowers with reddish stems, perfect for creating stunning focal points in water-wise gardens and indigenous landscapes. This hardy South African fynbos plant thrives in well-draining soils and Mediterranean climates, making it an excellent choice for Western Cape gardens where dramatic blooms and drought tolerance are desired. Plant 2-3m apart for screening or use as a striking specimen plant in mixed fynbos plantings. Feed annually with a low-phosphorus indigenous plant fertilizer to encourage healthy growth and abundant flowering. For best results, plant in Arnelia Premium Potting Soil for optimal drainage and nutrition. Learn more about fynbos gardening in September or discover water-wise gardening techniques for creating beautiful, drought-tolerant landscapes with indigenous proteas.

Nectarine trees grow better in areas with cold winters and hot summers. The trees will blossom during Spring and fruit will ripen towards the beginning of Summer. Bears round, heart-shaped fruit.  The skin is paper thin with hues of pink.  White nectarines are sweeter than yellow ones and less acidic. Self-pollinating.

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.

A large, attractive evergreen tree with a wide, roundish crown. Shiny, glossy dark green sickle-shaped leaves will turn red before they fall. Due to its size it is generally unsuitable for small spaces.

The tree bears whitish green flowers and the female tree bears tasty plum-like fruit that can be eaten by people, animals and birds. The fruit can be used to make wine or jelly.

The exotic Windmill Palm is extremely hardy and tolerant. It will grow pretty well anywhere, but to keep it looking in tip-top shape try to plant it in moist, but well-drained soil in good sun or semi-shade and, most importantly, out of the wind.

Yellow Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra 'Aurea') 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, making it perfect for hot, dry rockeries or grouped with other succulents in drought-prone areas.

Why You'll Love It:
• Striking leaf colour provides bright evergreen contrast
• Edible leaves - safe for consumption
• Marvelous air-purifying qualities - removes carbon dioxide
• Easy to grow and low-maintenance
• Water-wise and drought tolerant
• Works well in hot, dry rockeries or with other succulents
• Indigenous and eco-friendly plant

Planting & Care:
Plant 30-40cm apart in full sun with well-drained soil. Water sparingly once established - this succulent thrives on neglect. Feed with diluted liquid fertilizer in spring and summer for optimal growth.