Shrubs & Perennials - Landscaping & Flowering Plants

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.

Clivia (St. John's Lily) 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.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous and shade-loving
• Spring-flowering with bold blooms
• Low maintenance and drought-tolerant once established
• Perfect for Cape Town's waterwise gardeners
• Excellent in mass plantings or containers
• Grows well with minimal care
• Ideal for Western Cape's winter rainfall gardens

Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia Leucantha) produces stunning purple flower spikes from late summer through autumn, perfect for adding vibrant seasonal color to water-wise gardens and attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy, drought-tolerant perennial
• Low-maintenance evergreen shrub
• Thrives in full sun and well-drained soil
• Excellent choice for Western Cape gardens
• Long-lasting blooms with minimal water requirements

Planting & Care:
Plant 1-1.5m apart for mass plantings or use as striking specimen plants in mixed perennial borders. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

Learn more about water-wise gardening techniques or discover how to attract butterflies to your garden with flowering plants like Mexican Bush Sage.

Wild Garlic (Wildeknoffel) is a tough, water-wise indigenous plant with edible, fragrant leaves and beautiful purple blooms that's perfect for sunny spots, borders, and container planting in Western Cape gardens.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy South African indigenous species
• Edible leaves for fresh salads or cooked dishes
• Beautiful mauve-pink flowers above clumps of narrow, grey-green leaves
• Distinctive garlic scent when leaves are crushed
• Attracts butterflies and beneficial insects to your garden
• Perfect for creating sustainable, indigenous gardens
• Supports local ecosystems

Perfect for creating sustainable, indigenous gardens that support local ecosystems. Learn more about your garden as an ecosystem or discover water-wise gardening techniques to create beautiful, drought-tolerant landscapes with indigenous plants like Wild Garlic.

Bird of Paradise is an unmistakable South African icon, admired for its bold, tropical foliage and brilliant orange-and-blue flowers that create stunning focal points in any landscape.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous beauty provides year-round architectural greenery
• Dramatic color displays when in bloom mainly from May to December
• Perfect for modern gardens, poolside plantings, and container displays
• Hardy, low-maintenance plant that's water-wise once established
• Wind-resistant, making it ideal for coastal gardens and challenging conditions
• Can be successfully grown indoors with lots of bright light and some direct sun
• Best grown in full sun to light shade

Planting & Care:
Plant 1.5-2m apart for mass plantings or use as specimen plants in garden beds and containers. Feed annually in early spring with quality compost before new growth begins, then fertilize during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer for optimal flowering. 

Learn how your garden can support local ecosystems with indigenous plants like Bird of Paradise.

Starry Wild Jasmine (Boerejasmyn) is a versatile indigenous semi-climber that transforms any garden space with its fragrant white flowers adorned with delicate pink undersides, blooming from September to January.

Why You'll Love It:
• Remarkable South African indigenous plant
• Can reach up to 3m in height as a climber
• Can be pruned into a compact, tidy hedge
• Perfect for diverse landscaping needs
• Promotes biodiversity while attracting beneficial pollinators
• Enhances your garden's sensory experience with exquisite fragrance
• Water-wise indigenous beauty

Planting & Care:
Plant 1-1.5m apart for hedging or use as specimen plants against walls and structures. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer and enrich soil with quality compost for optimal growth. 

Learn how your garden can support local ecosystems with indigenous plants like Starry Wild Jasmine, or discover tips for creating a scented garden with fragrant indigenous climbers.

Barbecue Rosemary is a robust variety specifically selected for its intense flavor perfect for grilling and roasting. The sturdy stems make excellent natural skewers - simply strip the lower leaves and thread meat or vegetables for aromatic barbecue cooking.

Why You'll Love It:
• Intense flavor perfect for grilling and roasting
• Sturdy stems work as natural skewers for barbecue cooking
• Hardy Mediterranean herb that thrives in sunny spots
• Produces aromatic needle-like leaves year-round
• Excellent drainage requirements make it drought-tolerant
• Perfect for both hedging and container growing

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart for hedging or use individually in containers. Feed with slow-release fertilizer in spring and liquid feed monthly during growing season.

Start a food garden this year and plant herbs for you and the bees to create a sustainable, productive garden that benefits both your kitchen and local pollinators.

Gaura Dark Pink brings months of delicate, star-shaped blooms in bright to dark pink shades that dance gracefully above compact, bushy foliage from spring through autumn.

Why You'll Love It:
• Bright to dark pink star-shaped flowers
• Compact, bushy growth pattern with excellent branching
• Tall, graceful flower stems create beautiful movement
• Long flowering season from spring through autumn
• Attracts butterflies and beneficial insects
• Perfect for borders, containers, and mass plantings
• Low-maintenance once established

Planting & Care:
Plant 30-40cm apart in well-draining soil in full sun position. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. 

Agapanthus 'Black Jack' is an award-winning variety, crowned Plant of the Year at the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show. Bred in South Africa by the renowned De Wet breeders, it is celebrated as the most intensely coloured agapanthus available today.

Why You'll Love It:
• Award-winning Plant of the Year at 2023 Chelsea Flower Show
• Most intensely coloured agapanthus available today
• Inky black buds open into large heads of deep black-purple flowers
• Extended flowering season from summer into early autumn
• Vigorous, disease-resistant perennial
• Heat and drought tolerant

Planting & Care:
Thrives in full sun with well-drained soil. Plant 80cm-1m apart for mass plantings or use as striking specimen plants in containers and garden beds. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering. Ideal for borders, pots, and focal points.

Learn more about water-wise gardening techniques or discover how your garden can support local ecosystems with indigenous plants like Agapanthus.

Philodendron 'Hope' (Tree Philodendron) adds a tropical flair to any space with its large-lobed, evergreen leaves. This versatile beauty can be used as a solitary specimen, in lobbies, on patios or in the garden.

Why You'll Love It:
• Large-lobed, evergreen leaves create stunning tropical appeal
• Versatile for indoor and outdoor use
• Easy-care plant perfect for beginners
• Filters toxins from the air when used indoors
• Great in containers - indoors or outdoors
• Perfect as solitary specimen in lobbies, patios, or gardens
• Thrives in semi-shade outdoors or bright, indirect light indoors

Planting & Care:
Plant Philodendron 'Hope' in well-drained soil to ensure optimal growth. Water regularly but allow soil to dry between waterings. Perfect for creating instant tropical atmosphere in any space.

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.

Australian Brush-Cherry (Syzygium Paniculatum) is the ultimate evergreen hedging plant, specifically grown as a multi-stemmed shrub for creating dense, formal hedges and privacy screens.

Why You'll Love It:
• Fast-growing hedge specialist for boundary plantings
• Excellent for windbreaks and screening applications
• Naturally bushy growth habit shapes into neat, uniform hedges
• Glossy green foliage responds exceptionally well to regular trimming
• Develops into thick, impenetrable barriers perfect for security and privacy
• Shallow root system ideal for narrow planting strips
• Adaptable nature perfect for limited spaces
• Effective screening between buildings and along property boundaries

Planting & Care:
Feed with a balanced hedge fertilizer in spring and mid-summer to encourage dense branching and vigorous growth. Can be shaped into hedges of any desired height where space is limited but effective screening is essential.

Orange Jasmine (Murraya Exotica var.Paniculata), also known as 'Mock Orange', is a showstopper with its smooth whitish bark and thick, round curly foliage that creates stunning displays in containers or mixed garden beds.

Why You'll Love It:
• Versatile evergreen shrub with smooth whitish bark
• Thick, round curly foliage creates stunning displays
• Heavenly fragrant white flowers in spring and autumn
• Intoxicating orange blossom fragrance
• Essential for small to medium-sized gardens
• Beautiful flowers perfect for cut flower arrangements and indoor displays
• Perfect for containers or mixed garden beds

Planting & Care:
Plant 1.5-2m apart for hedging or use as specimen plants in containers and garden beds. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer and enrich soil with quality compost for optimal growth.

Learn more about creating a scented and fragrant garden with aromatic plants like Orange Jasmine, or discover container gardening tips for growing beautiful fragrant shrubs in pots.

Agapanthus 'Wilgenhof Blue' is a hardy, evergreen perennial that produces stunning clusters of rich blue flowers on tall stems, perfect for creating dramatic displays in water-wise gardens and mass plantings throughout the Western Cape.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy, evergreen perennial with stunning rich blue flower clusters
• Fast-growing, coastal-hardy plant
• Thrives in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil
• Excellent choice for borders, containers, and large-scale landscaping
• Reliable blooms and drought tolerance
• Striking blue flowers make excellent cut flowers
• Beautiful contrast in mixed perennial plantings
• Perfect for water-wise gardens

Planting & Care:
Plant 80cm-1m apart for mass plantings or use as specimen plants in containers and garden beds. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

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

Gaura 'Ice Cream Pink' 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.

Why You'll Love It:
• Wispy flowers resemble fluttering butterflies dancing in the breeze
• Upright and strong growth habit
• Exquisite ice cream pink blooms
• Perfect for cut arrangements
• Works wonders for filling border gaps
• Excellent for connecting different plant groupings together
• Long bloom show from mid-spring to early winter
• Easy maintenance - simply trim back to ground in late winter

Planting & Care:
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.

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Brunfelsia) is a popular decorative plant grown for its abundance of tri-color, fragrant flowers in spring. The purple flowers soften to a lavender colour and finally fade to white.

Why You'll Love It:
• Abundance of tri-color, fragrant flowers in spring
• Purple flowers soften to lavender and finally fade to white
• Fantastic when planted with azaleas & camellias
• Also flowers in autumn for extended blooming
• Perfect for containers and garden beds
• Evergreen foliage provides year-round structure
• Excellent for creating focal points on patios
• Thrives in sun to semi-shade positions

Planting & Care:
Plant in well-draining soil in sun to semi-shade positions. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth.

Plumbago Auriculata Blue is a Western Cape favourite, an indigenous shrub treasured for its masses of blue blooms, mainly from November to May.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous Western Cape shrub with masses of blooms
• Long flowering season from November to May
• Fast-growing and easy to train
• Perfect for informal hedges, sprawling against fences, or cascading over walls
• Can be trimmed into neat, compact shape in pots
• Hardy and water-wise once established
• Adored by butterflies - excellent for wildlife gardens
• One of the most rewarding shrubs for long-lasting seasonal colour

Planting & Care:
Plant in full sun with well-draining soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes water-wise. Prune after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring to encourage vigorous blooming.

Rosemary 'McConnell's Blue' is the most widely grown rosemary variety, bearing small blue flowers mainly in winter and spring, and growing slowly but surely into a large bush.

Why You'll Love It:
• Most widely grown rosemary variety - proven performer
• Small blue flowers in winter and spring attract bees and beneficial insects
• Grows slowly but steadily to 1-2m tall and 1-1.5m wide
• Aromatic leaves perfect for cooking - use fresh or dried in Mediterranean dishes
• Drought-tolerant once established
• Can be pruned and shaped for compact growth
• Perfect companion plant for vegetables - may help deter pests
• Harvest leaves year-round for culinary use

Planting & Care:
Plant in full sun with excellent drainage - essential to prevent root rot. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Prune after flowering to maintain shape and prevent woody growth. Feed with slow-release fertilizer in spring.

Spekboom 'Grande' (Large-leaf Spekboom) is a hardy, water-wise indigenous succulent with large, fleshy leaves that's perfect for creating fast-growing hedges, container gardens, or eco-friendly landscapes in Western Cape gardens.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy, water-wise indigenous succulent with large, fleshy leaves
• Perfect for creating fast-growing hedges
• Excellent for container gardens and eco-friendly landscapes
• Thrives in poor soils and drought conditions
• Provides excellent carbon sequestration benefits
• Environmentally conscious choice for sustainable gardening
• Resilient plant that adapts to challenging conditions
• Striking specimen plant for containers and rockeries

Planting & Care:
Plant 50-60cm apart for hedging or use as a striking specimen plant in containers and rockeries. Feed monthly during growing season with a balanced succulent fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and maintain healthy foliage.

Learn more about water-wise gardening techniques or discover how your garden can support local ecosystems with indigenous plants like Spekboom.

Salvia Hybrid 'Rockin Deep Purple' is a wonderful compact salvia, richly colored with vibrant, deep purple flowers. An abundant bloomer with a long flowering time that makes a spectacular display when mass-planted in your garden.

Why You'll Love It:
• Abundant bloomer with long flowering time
• Makes spectacular display when mass-planted
• Perfect container plant for patios and borders
• Adds beautiful colour contrast to your garden
• Low-maintenance and drought tolerant
• Attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies to your garden
• Excellent for pollinator-friendly gardens

Planting & Care:
Plant in sun to semi-shade with well-draining soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

Alternanthera Brasiliana 'Purple Prince' adds stunning foliage color and interest to garden beds and containers with its beautiful shades of burgundy and purple that intensify in cooler weather.

Why You'll Love It:
• Easy-care variety that requires very little shaping
• Forms neat and compact mounding groundcover
• Spreading habit perfect for colorful borders
• Excellent for cascading displays in mixed pots and hanging baskets
• Provides months of vibrant color as groundcover or accent planting
• Can spill attractively over container edges

Planting & Care:
Plant 30cm apart for groundcover effect or use in containers where it can spill attractively over edges. Feed monthly during growing season with a balanced liquid fertilizer to maintain rich foliage color and encourage dense, bushy growth.

Agapanthus 'Summer Blue' is a compact, evergreen perennial that produces beautiful clusters of bright blue flowers on sturdy stems, perfect for creating stunning displays in containers, borders, and smaller garden spaces where reliable blooms and drought tolerance are desired.

Why You'll Love It:
• Compact, evergreen perennial perfect for smaller garden spaces
• Continuous summer flowering with reliable blooms
• Hardy plant thrives in full sun to partial shade
• Drought-tolerant and low maintenance
• Excellent choice for Western Cape gardens
• Vibrant blue flowers make excellent cut flowers
• Beautiful color contrast in mixed perennial plantings
• Perfect for containers, borders, and garden beds

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

Learn more about water-wise gardening techniques or discover container gardening tips for growing beautiful plants like Agapanthus in pots and planters.

Philodendron 'Selloum' (Thaumatophyllum Bipinnatifidum) is a bold foliage plant with large, glossy, deeply cut leaves that create a dramatic tropical statement in any space.

Why You'll Love It:
• Large, glossy, deeply cut leaves create bold tropical impact
• Thrives in shade to semi-shade - perfect for Western Cape gardens
• Adds tropical feel to borders or patios
• Brings lush greenery to indoor living spaces
• Long-lived, statement plant for gardens and large containers
• Architectural foliage provides year-round interest
• Low-maintenance once established
• Versatile for both indoor and outdoor use

Planting & Care:
Plant in shade to semi-shade with well-draining soil. Water deeply but allow soil to drain well between waterings. Protect from frost in winter. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring and summer to encourage vigorous growth and maintain glossy foliage.

Pink King Protea (Protea Cynaroides 'King Pink') is a magnificent indigenous fynbos shrub that produces spectacular large pink protea flowers, perfect for creating stunning focal points in water-wise gardens and indigenous landscapes.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous South African fynbos shrub
• Perfect for creating stunning focal points in gardens
• Excellent choice for Western Cape gardens
• Dramatic blooms with exceptional drought tolerance
• Striking pink flowers make excellent cut flowers
• Perfect for impressive floral displays
• Ideal for screening or as striking specimen plant

Planting & Care:
Plant 2-3m apart for screening or use as a striking specimen plant in mixed fynbos plantings. Thrives in full sun with well-draining soil. 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.

Salvia 'Rockin Fuchsia' PBR is a stunning compact salvia with thick leaves and big, vibrant fuchsia-pink flowers that create a spectacular display from spring through autumn.

Why You'll Love It:
• Big, vibrant fuchsia-pink flowers create stunning displays
• Thick, attractive foliage adds texture
• Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden
• Heat tolerant and hardy - perfect for Cape Town gardens
• Long flowering season from spring to autumn
• Compact growth habit ideal for borders and pots
• Low-maintenance and water-smart
• Excellent for pollinator-friendly gardens

Planting & Care:
Plant 40-50cm apart in sun to semi-shade with well-draining soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring and mid-summer.

Agapanthus 'Fireworks' (PBR) is an Agapanthus that will cause fireworks in your garden with its large bursting flower heads. The stunning bi-colour flowers are violet-blue at the throat fading to pure white on the petal edges, creating a spectacular display from mid to late summer.

Why You'll Love It:
• Stunning bi-colour flower heads create spectacular displays
• Stunning violet-blue at the throat fading to pure white on petal edges
• Long flowering period from mid to late summer
• Short and broad foliage - compact and tidy
• Flowers abundantly on stout stems about 1m tall
• Ideal for borders and mixed containers
• Indigenous South African plant
• Semi-water smart once established

Planting & Care:
Plant 50-60cm apart in full sun with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Feed annually in spring with balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

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.

Honey-Bell Bush (Freylinia Tropica) is a beautiful, fast-growing indigenous shrub with slender, loosely spreading branches that produces masses of tubular flowers. Available in two stunning color forms: vibrant blue flowers that attract butterflies and bees, and pure white blooms for a more subtle garden display.

Why You'll Love It:
• Masses of tubular flowers in vibrant blue or pure white
• Flowers profusely mainly in spring, continues sporadically through the year
• Attracts butterflies and bees to your garden
• Versatile, waterwise shrub - semi-water smart
• Perfect for informal hedging, screening, or feature plant
• Attractive in patio containers
• Slender, loosely spreading branches create graceful form
• Benefits from regular pruning to maintain bushy growth

Planting & Care:
Plant in semi-shade to sun with well-draining soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Feed with a balanced indigenous plant fertilizer in early spring to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering. Prune regularly to maintain bushy growth and compact shape.

Australian Coastal Rosemary (Westringia Fructicosa) is an evergreen shrub that resembles rosemary but lacks its fragrance and culinary value. It excels in coastal gardens, withstanding salt spray admirably and thriving in sandy, well-drained soil.

Why You'll Love It:
• Evergreen shrub with rosemary-like appearance
• Excels in coastal gardens - withstands salt spray admirably
• Thrives in sandy, well-drained soil
• Relatively drought-tolerant once established
• Requires less water than other plants
• Can be shaped into beautifully pruned balls, hedges, or lollipop standards
• Dainty white or blue flowers during spring and summer

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart for hedging in full sun with sandy, well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Prune regularly to maintain desired shape - responds excellently to shaping into balls, hedges, or standards. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

Natal Plum (Carissa Macrocarpa), also commonly known as 'Large Num-Num', is a proudly indigenous plant that's an extremely easy-to-grow, thorny shrub often used for hedges. It produces glossy, deep green leaves and highly fragrant, snowy white flowers in summer, followed by ornamental plump, round, crimson edible fruit in summer and autumn.

Why You'll Love It:
• Highly fragrant, snowy white flowers in summer
• Ornamental plump, round, crimson edible fruit in summer and autumn
• Glossy, deep green evergreen leaves
• Extremely easy-to-grow and low maintenance
• Thorny shrub creates impenetrable security hedge
• Popular indigenous choice for coastal gardens
• Hardy and waterwise once established
• Salt-tolerant - perfect for coastal areas
• Fruit and flowers appear at the same time

Planting & Care:
Plant 1m apart for an impenetrable hedge in full sun with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Prune to maintain desired shape and encourage bushy growth. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

Agapanthus 'Mount Superior' (African Lily) is the brilliant pure white Agapanthus we recommend for your garden. A hardy and resilient choice with elegant pure white trumpet-shaped blooms in summer to early autumn, perfect for creating stunning displays in borders, pots, and mass plantings.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy and resilient indigenous perennial
• Does well in pots and containers
• Perfect for borders and mass planting
• Clump-forming perennial creates high impact displays
• Low-maintenance and semi-water smart
• Attracts pollinators to your garden
• Suitable for coastal gardens

Planting & Care:
Plant 40-50cm 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 balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering.

Licorice Plant/Kooigoed (Helichrysum Petiolare) is a soft, trailing perennial with silvery-grey, felted leaves that add texture and brightness to borders, rockeries, containers, or hanging baskets. Its cascading habit makes it especially valuable as a filler or spiller in mixed plantings, where it contrasts beautifully with bold greens and bright blooms.

Why You'll Love It:
• Perfect filler or spiller in mixed plantings
• Contrasts beautifully with bold greens and bright blooms
• Hardy and drought-tolerant once established
• Aromatic leaves with soothing fragrance
• Helps repel insects naturally
• Easy-care choice that rewards light trimming
• Ideal for borders, rockeries, containers, or hanging baskets

Cultural Heritage:
Among Afrikaans-speaking communities, Helichrysum petiolare is affectionately called kooigoed — literally "bed herb." Traditionally, its aromatic leaves were used to stuff mattresses, both for their soothing fragrance and their ability to help repel insects naturally. This heritage gives the plant a uniquely local charm, connecting today's gardens to generations of practical use.

Planting & Care:
Plant 30-40cm apart in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Light trimming encourages lush, compact growth. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

Conebush 'Jolly Joker' (Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum) is a beautiful variegated indigenous fynbos shrub that produces stunning colorful foliage in shades of red, orange, and yellow, perfect for adding dramatic seasonal color to water-wise gardens and indigenous landscapes.

Why You'll Love It:
• Stunning colorful foliage 
• Beautiful variegated indigenous fynbos shrub
• Dramatic seasonal color in autumn and winter
• Excellent choice for Western Cape gardens
• Great cut flowers for arrangements
• Perfect for screening or as striking specimen plant
• Water-wise and drought-tolerant

Planting & Care:
Plant 1.5-2m apart for screening or use as a striking specimen plant in mixed fynbos plantings. Thrives in full sun with well-draining soil. Feed annually with a low-phosphorus indigenous plant fertilizer to encourage healthy growth and vibrant foliage color. 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 plants.

Gaura 'Sparkle White' (Gaura Lindheimeri) brings a sense of movement and light to any sunny garden. Its long, slender stems sway gracefully in the breeze, covered in a cloud of delicate white flowers softly blushed with pink, creating a gentle, romantic display in beds, borders, or large pots.

Why You'll Love It:
• Long flowering season from spring right through autumn
• Delicate white flowers softly blushed with pink
• Long, slender stems sway gracefully in the breeze
• Hardy, waterwise perennial - drought tolerant once established
• Attracts bees and butterflies with nectar-rich blooms
• Perfect for adding height and softness to gardens
• Low-maintenance once established
• Ideal for beds, borders, or large pots

Planting & Care:
Plant 30-40cm apart in full sun with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

Azalea Magenta (Rhododendron Indicum) is among the most rewarding mass-flowering shrubs for Western Cape gardens. These beauties burst into spectacular magenta colour from May to October, brightening shady spots when few other plants are in bloom, creating brilliant colour from autumn to spring.

Why You'll Love It:
• Spectacular magenta colour from May to October (autumn to spring)
• Brightens shady spots when few other plants are in bloom
• Dense clusters of flowers create stunning displays
• Rounded form perfect for borders, containers, or woodland-style gardens
• Long flowering season - stunning colour when most gardens are resting
• Excellent in pots and containers
• Thrives in morning sun or dappled shade

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart in morning sun or dappled shade with acidic, well-drained soil. Water regularly to keep soil moist but not waterlogged. Feed with an acid-loving plant food to maintain lush foliage and vivid blooms.

Cape Honeysuckle Yellow (Tecoma Capensis 'Yellow') is a cheerful, fast-growing indigenous shrub ideal for creating lively hedges or framework plantings in flower beds. Covered in clusters of trumpet-shaped yellow blooms from spring to late autumn, it brings brightness and movement to any garden.

Why You'll Love It:
• Clusters of trumpet-shaped yellow blooms from spring to late autumn
• Cheerful, fast-growing indigenous shrub
• Ideal for creating lively hedges or framework plantings
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and nectar-loving birds
• Indigenous favourite thrives in full sun
• Tolerates both coastal and inland Western Cape conditions
• Waterwise and semi-water smart
• Light pruning keeps it neat and encourages more flowers
• Excellent hedge or screening plant

Planting & Care:
Plant 1-1.5m apart for hedging in full sun to semi-shade with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes more drought-tolerant. Light pruning keeps it neat and encourages more flowers. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

Mackaya Bella (Forest Bells) is an elegant, fast-growing evergreen shrub indigenous to South Africa. Ideal for semi-shade or filtered sun, it produces masses of mauve to white, bell-shaped flowers in spring and summer that attract birds, butterflies, and carpenter bees.

Why You'll Love It:
• Glossy green leaves form a lush, informal screen
• Perfect for small gardens, along stream banks, or in containers
• Water wise with non-invasive roots
• Soft, graceful form that's easy to prune
• Thrives in shaded spots where other plants struggle

Planting & Care:
Plant in semi-shade or filtered sun positions with well-draining soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as the plant becomes more water-wise. Prune lightly to maintain shape and encourage new growth.

Cat's Tail (Asparagus 'Meyersii') is a hardy, evergreen, perennial with neat compactly clustered foliage on arched fronds resembling a cat's tail. This easy-to-grow indigenous plant looks great when planted in groups under trees and can also be grown as an indoor plant.

Why You'll Love It:
• Hardy, evergreen, perennial - easy to grow
• Tiny white, fragrant flowers in summer
• Showy red berries from March that are attractive to birds
• Indigenous and low maintenance
• Can be grown as an indoor plant
• Looks great when planted in groups under trees
• Tolerates plenty of water but can handle drying out
• Semi-water smart once established

Planting & Care:
Plant 40-50cm apart in semi-shade with well-drained soil. Tolerates plenty of water but can handle drying out now and then. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring to encourage healthy growth.

Incredibly versatile. Bougainvilleas are useful for screening a wall and can add a splash of colour in areas where there is a lot of paving or not much other garden interest. Great in pots with a simple V-shaped trellis for support. Packs a punch of colour in summer and nearly all year round. Enjoys hot, sunny conditions but afternoon sun is good. Flowers best with neglect so do not over-water, over-prune or over-feed.

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. 

 With glossy, cream-and-green variegated foliage, Coprosma ‘Marble Chips’ adds year-round colour to any garden. Naturally salt-tolerant, it’s ideal for Cape Town’s coastal gardens.

Grows into a dense shrub, perfect for screening, borders, or mixed beds. Low-maintenance and evergreen, it thrives in full sun and requires little more than occasional trimming to keep a neat shape.

Buxus ‘Faulkner’ is a compact, slow-growing evergreen shrub, widely used in landscaping and formal garden design. Known for forming exceptionally dense hedges, it’s often chosen for maze gardens, borders, and low structural plantings.

With its rich green foliage, tidy growth habit, and excellent tolerance for shaping, it’s ideal for Cape Town gardens where structure, elegance, and low maintenance are key. 

• Forms one of the densest hedges you can grow
  
• Tolerates heat and light drought better than many box varieties
• Best in well-drained, slightly acidic soil
• Prune regularly for shape and compact growth
• Excellent in pots, borders, paths, or parterres

Although it grows on the slower side, the reward is a long-lived, highly sculptable hedge that adds structure and polish to any space.

Hydrangeas are also known as' Christmas Roses', because they start flowering during the Christmas season. Hydrangea Endless Summer Blue are undoubtedly among the showiest flowers in the summer garden, with large blue mopheads of pom-pom flowers. The soil acidity determines the colour of the flowers. Endless Summer Blue Christmas roses add vibrant, season-long colour and beauty to gardens and make excellent cut flowers.

Clusters of flowers cover this popular vine-like shrub for many months of the year. Often used for covering garden banks but can be trimmed beautifully for use in pots. Flowering mainly from November to May. Indigenous.

An elegant, ornamental evergreen shrub, that can very successfully be used as a hedge plant, and are easily pruned to the desired height. Known for its leaves that change from green in summer to brilliant red in autumn and winter, while sprays of white flowers in Spring transform into scarlet berries.

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 Brush Cherry Standard (Syzygium Paniculatum) is expertly trained as an elegant single-trunk tree with a perfectly shaped crown, creating a sophisticated 'lollipop' topiary that serves as a stunning focal point in formal gardens and landscapes. This standard form features a clean, straight trunk topped with a dense, rounded canopy that can be maintained through regular pruning to achieve the desired size and shape. The glossy green foliage emerges in attractive reddish hues before maturing, providing year-round visual interest and architectural structure. Feed with a balanced tree fertilizer in spring and autumn to maintain vigorous crown development and healthy trunk growth. Perfect for container growing on patios, formal garden entrances, or as specimen trees in landscape designs where a refined, architectural presence is desired. The standard form's elevated canopy allows for underplanting and creates elegant vertical interest without overwhelming smaller garden spaces.

Purple and bloom is a bit more compact than Black & bloom and it grows more vigorously. Heat tolerant and hardy. Will attract birds & butterflies to the garden.

Laurustinus Lucidum,also known as 'Wild Laurel', is widely considered to be a 'Golden oldie'. This versatile plant remains popular for its ability to be a perfect specimen for use in small gardens, in pots and even on balconies. In late winter flattish heads of pink flower buds appear, opening into tiny white flowers. Clusters of small metallic-blue berries mature in autumn. 'Wild Laurel' is a  popular evergreen choice for hedging and also often grown as a compact standard tree. 

 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.

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.

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

This versatile, low maintenance cultivar makes an excellent house plant, and is also ideal for hanging baskets or as a ground cover in the garden. In summer tiny white flowers are followed by attractive, bright red berries. Indigenous.  Can be grown as an indoor plant. It tolerates plenty of water but can handle drying out now and then.

A naturally compact, decidious perennial gaura with dainty white flowers and narrow lance-shaped leaves. Hand prune as needed.