Lavender 'Margaret Roberts' (Lavandula x intermedia) is a fragrant, hardy, and water-wise lavender variety that's perfect for herb gardens, borders, and coastal planting while attracting beneficial pollinators to your garden.

Why You'll Love It:
• Beautiful purple flower spikes with intense fragrance
• Fragrant, hardy, and water-wise lavender variety
• Ideal for cut flowers, potpourri, and natural aromatherapy
• Foliage provides year-round structure and texture
• Perfect for herb gardens, borders, and coastal planting
• Attracts beneficial pollinators to your garden

Planting & Care:
Plant 60-80cm apart in full sun with excellent drainage. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Prune after flowering to maintain compact shape and encourage new growth. Feed with slow-release fertilizer in spring.

Perfect for creating fragrant, pollinator-friendly gardens. Learn more about creating a scented and fragrant garden or discover how to plant herbs for you and the bees to support local pollinators while enjoying beautiful, aromatic plants.

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

Planting & Care:
Grow Wild Garlic in full sun or light semi-shade in well-draining soil. Enrich the soil with compost at planting and water regularly during establishment. Once settled, the plant becomes naturally water-wise and very low maintenance. Deadhead spent blooms to encourage repeat flowering and divide clumps every few years to maintain vigour. Perfect for edging beds, filling gaps, or adding edible interest to herb gardens and containers.

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.

Princess Lavender (Butterfly Lavender) is a compact, fragrant perennial shrub that produces distinctive purple flower spikes topped with showy pink bracts, perfect for adding Mediterranean charm to water-wise gardens, containers, and borders while attracting butterflies and bees. This hardy drought-tolerant plant thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, making it an excellent choice for Western Cape gardens where continuous blooms and aromatic foliage are desired. The compact growth habit makes it ideal for small gardens, pots, and edging along pathways. Plant 50-60cm apart for mass plantings or use as specimen plants in containers and herb gardens. Feed annually in spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and abundant flowering. Learn more about creating a scented and fragrant garden or discover how to plant herbs for you and the bees to support local pollinators with aromatic plants like Princess Lavender.

Brachyscome is a compact perennial that produces masses of cheerful daisy-like flowers from spring through summer and into autumn. Available in two beautiful varieties: 'Fresco Purple' with vibrant purple blooms and 'Fresco Candy' with soft pink and white petals. This easy-growing plant is perfect for containers, flower gardens, and border plantings where its neat, mounding habit creates lovely displays. Feed monthly with a balanced fertilizer during the flowering season to maintain continuous blooms. Both varieties are equally hardy and water-wise, making them excellent choices for low-maintenance gardens.

A beautiful, fast-growing eucalyptus prized by florists for its cool, silvery-blue, fragrant foliage. Strong enough for windbreaks in large, dry gardens, and elegant enough for cut stems at home. 

Why you’ll love it

• Silvery foliage, year-round interest — the famous “silver dollar” leaves used in bouquets and arrangements.

• Quick cover & screening — vigorous growth (±1–1.5 m/year) with attractive grey-brown bark as it matures. 

• Tough once established — sun-loving, takes coastal wind, and becomes water-wise with deep, infrequent watering. 

Size & habit

• Mature size (unpruned): ±10–15 m high × 4–5 m wide; can be kept smaller by pruning for dense, multi-stem foliage. Spacing: 3–5 m for windbreaks. 

Best for

• Informal screens, windbreaks, coastal gardens, large water-wise landscapes, and cut-foliage harvesting from juvenile shoots. 

Planting & care (Western Cape)

• Sun & soil: Full sun; well-drained soil. Mix planting hole 50:50 with compost; avoid waterlogging.

• Watering: Keep evenly moist the first summer; then water deeply but less often to encourage deep roots.

• Feeding: Light, balanced feed in spring; mulch to keep roots cool and conserve moisture.

• Pruning: For bushy, floristry-grade stems, tip-prune in late spring and again early summer; avoid heavy autumn/winter pruning.

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.

A late season pomegranate with orange-red flowers. The fruit has a red to purple skin. This variety is popular for making pomegranate juice. Wonderful is a fast grower, produces an abundance of fruit, is drought resistant and mostly pest free.

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.

Highly recommended for its prolific growth, the Salt Bush lends itself beautifully to marvelous formal applications, including crafting shaped balls and clipped hedges.

When planting, choose a well-drained soil location with full to partial sun exposure for optimal results. The fantastic silvery-grey foliage of the Salt Bush not only adds to its own allure, but also showcases the colors of the plants planted around it, creating a visually stunning landscape.

A popular indigenous garden plant with variegated leaves and pinkish-mauve flowers in summertime. Very useful to fill difficult hot corners in your garden, as it is drought-resistant, but will flourish with regular watering. A perfect groundcover to cover large areas and also excellent used as borders or edging. The leaves and flowers are edible, and can be used in salads and other dishes.

Carissa ‘Green Carpet’ – a compact, dwarf form of Carissa macrocarpa that makes an exceptionally tough and attractive evergreen groundcover. It forms a dense, low mat of glossy emerald-green foliage, rarely reaching above knee height. Fragrant white, star-shaped flowers and occasional red, edible fruits add seasonal interest, making it as beautiful as it is durable. Excellent for borders, slopes, containers and commercial landscapes where low maintenance and year-round structure are essential. Indigenous and perfectly suited to Western Cape conditions.

Why You'll Love It:
• Dense, glossy evergreen groundcover
• Stays naturally compact and rarely grows above knee height
• Fragrant white flowers with occasional red edible fruit
• Excellent for slopes, borders and containers
• Hardy, drought-resistant and ideal for low-maintenance gardens
• Widely used in commercial landscapes for its reliability
• Indigenous and well adapted to Western Cape climates

Planting & Care:
Plant in full sun or light semi-shade in well-drained soil enriched with compost. Water regularly during the first few months, then reduce as the plant becomes naturally drought-tolerant. Space plants 60–80 cm apart to create a full, continuous carpet. Trim lightly to maintain shape or encourage denser growth. Ideal under trees, along pathways, on retaining walls or as a tough filler for large landscape areas.

Evolvulus ‘Blue My Mind’ brings a carpet of brilliant sky-blue blooms to the garden. Compact, neat, and endlessly floriferous, it’s a standout choice for sunny borders, rockeries, pots, and hanging baskets — wherever you want long-lasting colour with almost no fuss.
Thriving in full sun and heat, this resilient groundcover performs beautifully in Western Cape summers and keeps flowering through the hottest months with very little care.

Why you’ll love it
• Masses of vivid sky-blue flowers for months
• Perfect for sunny beds, borders, pots, and baskets
• Drought tolerant once established
• Compact, tidy growth that stays neat
• Loves heat and full sun — ideal for Cape summers

Planting & Care
Choose a full-sun position and plant in well-drained soil or a quality potting mix. Water regularly while establishing, then reduce watering — Evolvulus prefers drier, airy soil and dislikes being waterlogged. A light feed during the growing season boosts flowering. Trim lightly after major flushes to maintain a tidy mound and encourage new blooms.

Tree Aloe is Africa's tallest aloe that forms dramatic branches with spectacular orange flower spikes, creating an excellent focal point and architectural statement in any Western Cape garden. This majestic indigenous evergreen giant is widely used for its striking sculptural shape, making it perfect as a dramatic feature plant in large gardens, coastal properties, office parks, and commercial sites where year-round structure and beauty are desired. Young trees adapt well to containers, but ensure the pot is sturdy and wide to support this impressive succulent tree. Plant 4-5m apart for grove plantings or use as specimen trees in garden beds and courtyards. Feed annually in spring with a balanced succulent 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. This proudly indigenous tree thrives in full sun and dry conditions, making it ideal for low-maintenance, water-wise gardens. Learn how your garden can support local ecosystems with indigenous trees like Tree Aloe, or discover water-wise gardening techniques for creating stunning, drought-tolerant landscapes.

Portulaca 'Happy Hour Mix' is a vibrant, drought-tolerant succulent that produces masses of colorful flowers in shades of pink, orange, yellow, and white, perfect for adding bright splashes of color to rockeries, containers, and sunny garden beds. This hardy annual thrives in hot, dry conditions and blooms continuously throughout the summer months, making it an excellent choice for water-wise gardens and low-maintenance landscapes. Plant 20-25cm apart for best coverage or use as a stunning specimen in containers and hanging baskets. Feed monthly during growing season with a balanced succulent fertilizer to encourage continuous flowering and maintain vibrant blooms. Learn more about water-wise gardening techniques or discover why succulents deserve a spot in every garden for colorful, low-maintenance beauty.

A best-seller. Popular due to its attractive foliage, drought tolerance and pest free nature this plant looks fantastic in hanging baskets or containers. Widely used as a quick spreading ground cover for outdoor garden landscaping. The variegated leaves brighten up a shady area. This favourite prefers partial shade, especially in hot climates.  The plant produces long, slender stems which carry white flowers and plantlets at the tip of the flowers.  A single plant with its stems soon become a mother plant surrounded by its 'babies' and therefore the name 'hen and chickens' Water regularly during the growing season but sparingly in winter when the plant is dormant. They prefer being watered from the bottom and not from above. Indigenous. 

The fire sticks plant resembles sea coral and is a striking evergreen succulent shrub. It is resilient to most pests and diseases. Water hardly at all in winter and moderately in summer. Let the soil dry out before watering again. 

*Please note this plant is toxic.  Use with care.

The Italian Cypress is an attractive, upright, pencil-thin conifer that works perfectly in restricted spaces or spaces where shade is not desired. It can be planted in groups to create a beautiful hedge or screen. Effortless with minimal water requirements once established. The Italian Cypress is also wind-tolerant and suitable for coastal gardens.

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.

This colourful crassula is a firm favourite as it sets your garden alight with its fleshy propeller-like leaves that mature from bright lime-green to bright red. Also very pretty in containers or hanging baskets. 

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.

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.

Aromatic and elegant, Lavendar “Holland Supreme” forms a compact mound of silvery-green foliage topped by upright, deep violet flower spikes crowned with petal “ears.” These dramatic blooms emerge in spring and linger into early summer, creating an undulating sea of rich lavender-purple.

Perfect for mass plantings, mixed borders, or container accents, this variety is equally striking in beds or pots. Once established, it is drought-tolerant and easy-care—just ensure full sun, excellent drainage, and a light trim after flowering to maintain shape and encourage reblooming.

 The sunbeam faces of this Gazania variety adds a vivid splash of colour to border edges, containers and dry slopes.  They produce masses of starry golden flowers with an orange halo around the centre above carpets of neat foliage. 

These sizzling Gazanias look fabulous combined with bright-coloured bedding plants such as marigolds and nasturtiums and exotic climbers like Thunbergia.  Grow in full sun and plant in sandy, well-drained soil.  Good for difficult, dry conditions and coastal gardens

Aeonium'Kiwi' is a  charming evergreen succulent with petite, variegated rosettes and spoon-shaped leaves that turn a vibrant rose red in the sunlight. Plant this popular succulent in well-draining soil  and water sparingly. Aeonium'Kiwi' requires a minimum of 6 hours of daily sunlight to ensure optimal growth.

Elegant evergreen plant for Cape Town gardens or indoors. Cycas revoluta adds structure and texture with its distinctive palm-like fronds. Prefers bright, indirect light indoors or partial shade outdoors. Water when soil surface feels dry - avoid overwatering as this can cause root rot. Feed monthly during growing season with balanced fertilizer. Remove only completely brown fronds by cutting close to trunk. Growth is naturally slow, so be patient. Great in pots or planted in beds for dramatic architectural impact.

Pride of India is a beautiful crape myrtle tree with striking purple to black foliage, crowned with eye-catching blooms in purple, pink or red. Drought tolerant once established. Grows beautifully in patio planters. When planted in the garden it has a non invasive root system.

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 be planted on its own, in a garden border or as a screening plant. It can be pruned to create a neat ,compact shape, which makes it ideal for use as container plant or bonsai. The dense, evergreen foliage and thorny branches of 'Dovyalis caffra' make it suitable for security hedging.

Various bird species,especially louries and black-eyed bulbuls, love the unusual golden fruit of the 'Kei Apple'.

A hardy, fast-growing, long-flowering, eye-catcher that requires only moderate water and minimal care. It pairs wonderfully with contrasting plants like deep purple salvia or fiery red geraniums, creating a vibrant tapestry of colors.

A tall-growing bougainvillea that ensures masses of flowers. An unusual variety with white floral bracts that age to pink. Plant in a sunny spot in well-draining soil. 

The Conebush 'Harvest' (Leucadendron stelligerum hybrid) produces spectacular cream and pink colored flowers that create stunning seasonal displays. This hardy indigenous fynbos shrub offers exceptional cut flowers with its unique color combination, making it perfect for water-wise gardens and floral arrangements.

Carissa 'Bispinosa' (Forest Num Num) is a drought-resistant, evergreen shrub with handsome, glossy foliage and fragrant, starry-white, jasmine-like flowers. Ornamental and edible, scarlet to crimson oval fruits are produced after flowering, making this an attractive, ornamental shrub that makes excellent hedges.

Why You'll Love It:
• Drought-resistant and water smart
• Makes excellent impenetrable hedges with thorns
• Does well in coastal areas
• Indigenous and low maintenance
• Attractive to birds and wildlife
• Perfect for security hedging

Planting & Care:
Plant 1m apart to form an impenetrable hedge in sun to semi-shade with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring to encourage healthy growth and abundant flowering.

This succulent has a lovely medium sized rosette and unusual colouring of chocolate-grey green leaves. Perfect for growing in containers on its own or as part of a mixed succulent arrangement.

Provides a striking colour contrast in rock gardens and adds interest and variation in succulent gardens.

Water-wise,prefers full sun /part shade.

This bright yellow perennial Gazania is native to the mountains of South Africa and produce large, daisy-like flowerheads in autumn, spring and summer. They are often planted as a drought-tolerant groundcover.

Plumbago Auriculata White is a popular vine-like shrub covered in clusters of white flowers for many months of the year. This versatile indigenous plant is often used for covering garden banks but can be trimmed beautifully for use in pots, flowering mainly from November to May.

Why You'll Love It:
• Long flowering season from November to May
• Indigenous and water smart
• Often used for covering garden banks
• Can be trimmed beautifully for use in pots
• Attracts butterflies and bees
• Low maintenance once established

Planting & Care:
Plant 1-1.5m apart in full sun with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Trim regularly to maintain desired shape and encourage bushy growth. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring and summer.

Bougainvillea ‘Barbara Karst’ is a vigorous, evergreen climber that drenches your garden in bold magenta-red colour. Its dark green, glossy leaves form the perfect backdrop for masses of luminous bracts that bloom from spring right through to late autumn — often continuing into winter in mild coastal areas. The small, pure-white flowers are strikingly bright against the bracts, creating an unforgettable show of tropical vibrancy.

Why You’ll Love It:
• Produces vibrant crimson-red bracts for an exceptionally long flowering season
• Colour stays brightest in full sun — light shade will soften tones to reddish-blue
• Exceptionally heat- and drought-tolerant once established
• Hardy and reliable — one of the toughest bougainvillea cultivars
• Perfect for coastal gardens, pergolas, fences, and sunny walls

Planting & Care:
Plant in full sun in well-drained soil to bring out the best colour. Water deeply but infrequently once established — too much water or shade reduces flowering. Feed every 6–8 weeks with a flowering shrub fertiliser during the growing season. Trim lightly after flushes of bloom to keep it neat and encourage new growth. Avoid heavy winter watering.

 Cape Garden Tip:
For the brightest colour, give it sunshine and restraint — bougainvilleas bloom best when slightly stressed. Perfect for Cape Town’s coastal gardens, where it thrives in summer heat and copes well with winter rain. Pair with Lampranthus for a carpet of matching brilliance or use Tree & Shrub Fertiliser to keep growth strong and flowering prolific.

A silver succulent that forms a small, clumping bush. Its oblong leaves are covered in white, waxy hairs that give it a “dusty” look. Small pink flowers bloom in the Spring. *Can be toxic to people and pets.

Fast growing and vibrant trailing succulent. In lower light areas they maintain a green shade with purplish highlights especially along it’s stem. In bright sun the stem and the bean shaped pudgy leaves will turn ruby red!

Very popular evergreen succulent of striking beauty. It forms a solitary rosette of rounded, pointed pastel grey leaves adorned with lavender-pink highlights. The overlapping leaves are delicately dusted with a fine white powder which adds to the plant's unique appeal.One of the most prolific echeverias, producing generous flowering spikes of coral pink flowers yearly. Highly valued in floral arrangements, wedding bouquets and an excellent container plant.Adds beautiful colour and contrast to your garden landscape.

This evergreen, structural plant forms a bulbous trunk-like stem, resembling an elephants foot. The swollen base stores water and makes this an ideal waterwise option.  It's drought tolerant and hardy. Can be grown as an indoor plant but will require bright light. Will grow slower in a container than in the ground. Use potting soil that drains well. Waterwise, tough and ideal for a patio. 

A beautiful vigorous-growing bougainvillea with bright magenta coloured flower bracts. Suitable to cover patios and a dramatic groundcover for banks when allowed to ramble. Plant in well-draining soil.  

Transform your garden into a bird paradise! Leucospermum 'Anouk' is a stunning South African pin cushion protea that covers itself in deep orange flowers throughout spring and summer, attracting sunbirds and wildlife to your space.

Perfect for busy gardeners - thrives in low water, low maintenance gardens and pots. Makes exceptional cut flowers. Simply pick spent blooms to keep it looking perfect. No fertilizing needed!

Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis 'Dark Pink') is a resilient shrub boasting lush green foliage and magnificent bursts of dark pink blooms each spring. Elevate your garden effortlessly with its low-maintenance charm, perfect for shaping into the hedge of your dreams or letting it flourish in pots or beds.

Why You'll Love It:
• Magnificent bursts of dark pink blooms each spring
• Lush green evergreen foliage year-round
• Resilient and low-maintenance shrub
• Water wise once established
• Shape it into the hedge of your dreams
• Flourishes in pots or beds
• Perfect for coastal gardens
• Fragrant flowers attract pollinators
• Thrives in sun to semi-shade

Planting & Care:
Plant 80cm-1m apart for hedging in sun to semi-shade with well-drained soil. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce as plant becomes drought-tolerant. Prune after flowering to maintain desired shape and encourage dense growth. Feed with balanced fertilizer in spring.

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.

This extra-dwarf crested marigold is compact and heat tolerant.  Hot Pak will bloom all summer long even in high and humid temperatures.  These vigorous plants will bloom abundantly and are ideal for containers, patios and the garden.  Attracts bees and butterflies.

Tube like leaves resembling little hunting horns. Grows upright.

Chlorophytum comosum vittata stands out with its green-edged leaves, a deviation from the typical yellow variegation.

This indoor favorite excels in air purification and adapts beautifully to hanging baskets, containers, or as a ground cover in outdoor gardens, especially in partial shade.

Its slender stems produce delicate white flowers and 'babies,' earning it the endearing name 'hen and chickens.' Keep the soil consistently moist, avoiding waterlogged conditions, and water from the bottom. As an indigenous plant, it effortlessly blends into its environment

Create unforgettable garden memories! Leucospermum 'Memory' delivers a mass display of flowers that's sure to catch the eye. Dark orange flowers in spring attract birds to your garden, making every season memorable.

The perfect low-maintenance choice - this South African classic is ideal for low water use gardens and delivers reliable performance year after year. Water-wise and indigenous, it's a timeless addition to any landscape!

Plant in well-draining, sandy soil in full sun and water deeply twice weekly for the first 1-2 years until established, then reduce to drought watering.

Purple Haze is a small evergreen shrub with silvery purple coloured foliage in winter and silver cones at Christmas. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Water well to establish. Great for cut flowers.

A succulent perennial with erect, fleshy , bluish-green pencil-like stems. They are adorned with purple-green patterns and lined with soft spines along the sides. Brilliant red to orange thistle like flowers appear in summer. Easy to grow, the pickle plant is great for containers and can be used as a houseplant. Slightly cascading when mature,it is also perfect for hanging baskets.Also excellent for rock gardens and succulent gardens to add colour contrast and interest.

This striking ornamental grass forms a weeping mound of finely textured bronze foliage. It's lovely when gracefully spilling over slopes, pots, and garden edges and is an ideal choice for mass planting.

Moreover, Carex 'Bronco' is exceptionally low-maintenance and drought-tolerant, making it a practical addition to your garden.

A marigold with a mounded habit and multi-colours on one plant.  Blooms open to a deep pink with a yellow crest and matures to straw yellow.  In warmer conditions, colour changes faster with less distinct contrast.   Heat tolerant and attracts bees and butterflies to the garden.

Taishan is a dwarf marigold with a mounded and upright habit.  Bearing bright cheerful yellow tightly petalled blooms on strong stems. Flowers from spring to late summer.  Heat tolerant and excellent to use as companion plant in veggie gardens.  Fantastic when planted in mass in front of taller perennials such as Salvias. Attracts bees and butterflies to the garden.

This quirky and fun trailing succulent with leaves that look like little dolphins will bring instant joy to your surroundings. Easy to grow, waterwise and can be grown indoors or outdoors.

Fast growing, upright and will tolerate a variety of soil and watering conditions.

Makes an excellent evergreen hedge or a beautiful small tree. Prune to any size.

Small flowers April until July. Indigenous.