by Wade John Beckett | May 19, 2022 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Drought hardy, Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, More Sun than Shade, Plant Form, Shrub, Water in summer, Wildlife Friendly
Freylinia tropica, Blue Honey-bell or Blouheuningklokkies, is one of southern Africa’s most attractive and versatile shrubs for the garden. It gets a showy abundance of flowers in spring, but has some flowers all through the warmer months. The dainty flowers may be...
by Wade John Beckett | Apr 9, 2022 | Articles, Bee Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Drought hardy, Evergreen, Full Sun, Shrub, Sun to Partial Shade, Water-wise
Euryops pectinatus, Golden Daisy Bush or Wolharpuisbos is a medium sized, evergreen shrub with attractive silvery-grey foliage and sunny yellow daisy flowers. They flower almost all year with peaks in spring and autumn, when they can be spectacular. A fynbos plant,...
by Wade John Beckett | Feb 23, 2021 | Bulbous plants, Evergreen, Fairly Cold Hardy, Groundcovers, Sun to Partial Shade, Water in summer, Wildlife Friendly
Delicate, weeping, and grass-like, Chlorophytum saundersiae, can be used to create a soft, meadow-like feel in almost any size garden. Despite its appearance, is not a grass, and produces masses of small, white starry flowers through the summer months. It also grows...
by Wade John Beckett | Feb 19, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water in summer, Water-wise
One of the toughest indigenous shrubs, Buddleja salviifolia is evergreen with attractive grey-green leaves. It bears lovely clusters of fragrant, white, cream, lilac, or purple flowers in late winter or early spring. These plants are fast-growing and can be...
by Wade John Beckett | Feb 16, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Evergreen, Large shrub or small tree, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water in summer, Water-wise
A small to a medium-sized, evergreen tree. Buddleja saligna, False Olive, or witolienhout, is one of our fastest-growing, most water-wise, and cold-resistant trees. It has a gray-green appearance except when it is in flower when it turns white or cream under the...
by Wade John Beckett | Feb 11, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Evergreen, Groundcovers, Succulent, Sun to Partial Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
Bulbine frutescens, snake flower or geelkatstert, is an attractive, succulent shrub that makes a very good groundcover. The flowers are yellow or orange and are borne on slender spikes at almost any time of the year. The sap from the leaves has wonderful skin healing...
