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Tripteris aghilliana sprouts annually from a woody rootstock. The plant is small and delicate with unusually large, oval seeds. A must for the Highveld garden.
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Vahlia capensis is a pretty little multi-stemmed shrublet, up to 30cm in height, that can handle very harsh conditions and still flower. The flowering season is very long.
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Quilted-leaved Vernonia
Plant Type
Vernonia hirsuta sprouts annually from a woody rootstock. The striking deep purple flowers and silvery quilted leaves make it a very desirable plant for an indigenous summer garden.
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Black-stick lily
Plant Type
It is a fascinating plant with blackened stems in the winter months but totally transformed in early summer when covered with masses of blue flowers. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil.
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Common Name
Small Black-stick Lily
Plant Type
Xerophyta viscosa is a bulbous perennial that can reach heights up to 0.6m tall. The flowers create a lovely display all through summer attracting pollinating insects to the garden.
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Milk bush
Plant Type
Xysmalobium undulatum is a robust geophytic herb, 0.5–2.0 m tall. It sprouts annually from a rootstock in spring. It is very important from en ecological perspective, since it is the host plant of many butterflies
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Drumsticks
Plant Type
Zaluzianskya katharinae is a small perennial, 30cm in height. The beautiful rose and white flowers have a sweet perfume but only open at dusk A very striking perennial for a grassland mix.