Botanical Name
Common Name
Creeping foxglove
Plant Type
Asystasia gangetica, the creeping foxglove is an attractive, fast-growing, spreading, herbaceous groundcover that grows from 300 mm to 600 mm in height
Botanical Name
Common Name
False olive
Plant Type
Buddleja saligna is a very hardy, evergreen, fast growing, drought resistant tree with silver-grey leaves. It has an attractive shape and it makes one of the most attractive trees for a small garden in sun or semi-shade. It attracts birds, moths and bees.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Transvaal chinkerinchee
Plant Type
Ornithogalum saundersiae forms an erect rosette of dark green, shiny, sword-shaped leaves in spring. Flat-topped, tall, many-flowered inflorescences are produced in summer . The star-shaped flowers are ivory or white with a pronounced black ovary in the centre.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Crane flower
Plant Type
Strelitzia juncea is slow growing but spectacular. It prefers a sunny spot but will also flower well in semi shade. It grows in the the Eastern Cape and is well adapted to conditions in Gauteng gardens.