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 3, 2022 | Articles, Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Deciduous, Drought hardy, Full Sun, Medium sized tree, Medium to large tree, More Sun than Shade, Thorny Plants, Water in summer, Water-wise
Erythrina lysistemon (Common Coral-tree, Gewone Koraalboom) grows into a medium sized tree with a well-rounded crown. Known for its amazing display of bright red flowers in winter or early spring before the new leaves appear. This Coral-tree is drought hardy, fast...
by Wade John Beckett | Aug 28, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Deciduous, Large shrub or small tree, More Sun than Shade, Plants with thorns, Water in summer, Water-wise
Erythrina humeana is deciduous, large shrub or a small upright tree. It has deep scarlet ‘Coral-tree’ flowers in summer, from October to April, long after the threat of frost is past. Surprisingly cold hardy, this is a very good alternative to Erythrina lysistemon...
by Wade John Beckett | Aug 9, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Deciduous, Drought hardy, Large shrub or small tree, More Sun than Shade, Very Cold Hardy, Water-wise
Ehretia rigida subsp. nervifolia is a large, very dense, deciduous shrub or small tree with a weeping habit. It bears attractive clusters of fragrant lilac, blue to white flowers, from early spring. These are followed by many small orange to black berries that are...
by Wade John Beckett | Apr 2, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Deciduous to partly deciduous, Large shrub or small tree, More Sun than Shade, Wildlife Friendly
Dichrostachys cinerea, Sickle-bush or sekelbos is a large shrub or small tree with attractive and novel bi-coloured flowers that are followed by interesting, intertwined pods. It can easily be pruned into shapely, single stemmed trees, or be thickly planted along...
by Wade John Beckett | Mar 23, 2021 | Bee Friendly, Bird Friendly, Butterfly & Moth Friendly, Cold Hardy, Deciduous to partly deciduous, More Sun than Shade, Small to medium Trees, Water in summer, Water-wise, Wildlife Friendly
Combretum zeyheri, Large-fruit Bushwillow or Raasblaar, is a small to medium sized, tree with a rounded crown. Deciduous or semi-deciduous, it may have beautiful yellow autumnal colours. An icon of the ‘bushveld’, with its conspicuous large 4-winged fruit. Mature...
