Botanical Name
Common Name
Bushman's poison
Plant Type
A medium to large woody shrub with attractive hard, dark green leaves. Clusters of pinkish white, sweetly scented flowers are followed by large plum coloured berry-like fruits which are relished by birds.
Botanical Name
Common Name
False lightning bush
Plant Type
Andrachne ovalis is an evergreen, rounded bush/shrub with a soft, slightly weeping appearance with many branches. It makes for a good filler in an unpopular shady spot and acts well as an eye-level screen beneath tall trees.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Mountain mallow
Plant Type
Anisodontea julii is a slim, upright, evergreen shrub that can reach a height of up to 3m tall. Anisodontea julii is ideal for creating an attractive focal point at a sunny entrance area and is ideal for a container or pot.
Botanical Name
Common Name
African wormwood
Plant Type
The silver-grey leaves are aromatic and has sprays of small white flowers at the tips of the stems.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Zulu Asparagus
Plant Type
Asparagus macowanii is an erect, deciduous, single stemmed shrub that can reach heights of up to 1m tall. resistant. It makes for an attractive feature near a pond in mixed borders or in mass planting as a groundcover.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Daisy tea bush
The daisy teabush is an asset to any garden, but I can not yet vouch for the tea. It has avey extended flowering season
Botanical Name
Common Name
Bushman's tea
Plant Type
Athrixia phylicoides is an aromatic shrub that can reach a height of up to 600mm tall. It is ideal for a filler plant in the open spaces in flower beds or in a mixed border with its mauve flowers borne during summer.
Botanical Name
Common Name
White Bushveld barleria
Plant Type
This lovely Barleria flowers profusely in late summer/ autumn and is a good subject for a rockery. Due to its thorny nature, it can form a very good barrier.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Wild bush petunia
Plant Type
This small shrub has masses of gorgeous, huge pink or blue flowers in summer, which are sweet smelling at night and have copious amounts of nectar that attracts Carpenter Bees.