Botanical Name
Common Name
Bushveld grape
Plant Type
The leaflets of Rhoicissus revoilii are glossy green above, but reddish-brown below and that makes it very attractive. Usually a scrambling shrub, sometimes a small tree. It is drought resistant and can tolerate light frost.
Botanical Name
Plant Type
The leaves of Rhoicissus sekhukunensis is exceptionally large, even for a Rhoicissus. New leaves are a delicate pink. It is a slow grower.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Common forest grape
Plant Type
Rhoicissus tomentosa is a handsome, vigorous, evergreen tendril climber with large, ornamental, vine-like leaves. Fast growing in sun or semi shade on pergolas or as a dense ground cover.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Bushmans Grape
Plant Type
Rhoicissus tridentata is ideal for screening off a fence or cascading down a bank. It also makes a good subject for a large hanging basket. It is very frost hardy and drought tolerant.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Christmas bells
Plant Type
Sandersonia aurantiaca is an erect, deciduous, summer-growing geophyte. The elegant, lantern-like flowers are borne on long stalks. Difficult in cultivation and requires a cool climate.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Caustic bush/vine
Plant Type
Sarcostemma viminale is a robust, vigorous perennial climber that tends to grow in dense masses on other plants, it is a vigorous succulent creeper.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Forest senecio
Plant Type
Senecio brachypodus is a scrambling, succulent creeper. Leaves are fleshy and dark green. The flowerheads are congested clusters in branched inflorescences. It is a hardy garden plant that attracts butterflies.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Flowering ivy
Plant Type
Senecio macroglossus, a fairly hardy, evergreen, slender, fast growing creeper with attractive, glossy, ivy-like foliage and lemon-yellow daisy-like flowers.It grows in sun or semi-shade.