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African Bent
Agrostis lachnantha |
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Rampant Baconfig
Aizoon sarmentosum |
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Slime Soldier-in-a-Box
Albuca flaccida |
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Rushleaf Tamarak
Albuca juncifolia |
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Supports sunbirds
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Soldier-in-a-box
Albuca maxima |
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Belladonna Lily
Amaryllis belladonna |
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Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Bulb
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Sandrose Mallow
Anisodontea scabrosa |
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Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Wind-resistant
Good potplant
Fast-growing
Hedge
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
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Tall Flowerseed
Anthospermum aethiopicum |
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Narrowleaf Waterblommetjie
Aponogeton angustifolius |
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Good potplant
Easy to grow
Near water
In water
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
Aquatic
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Cape-Pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Edible
Fragrant
Near water
In water
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Aquatic
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Bear's-foot
Arctopus echinatus |
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Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
Perennial
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Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula |
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Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Good for coastal areas
Easy to grow
Pioneer species
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African Capeblue
Aristea africana |
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Medicinal
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Tall Capeblue
Aristea bakeri |
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Cusp Capeblue
Aristea cuspidata |
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Grey Capeblue
Aristea glauca |
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Longtip Capegorse
Aspalathus acuminata |
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Supports bees
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Spearleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus angustifolia |
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Supports bees
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Heart Capegorse
Aspalathus cordata |
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Supports bees
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Heathleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus ericifolia |
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Supports bees
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| Aspalathus filicaulis |
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Supports bees
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Bristle Capegorse
Aspalathus hispida |
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Supports bees
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Retro Capegorse
Aspalathus retroflexa |
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Supports bees
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Silky Capegorse
Aspalathus sericea |
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Supports bees
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Spiny Capegorse
Aspalathus spinosa |
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Supports bees
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Threes Capegorse
Aspalathus ternata |
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Supports bees
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Trident Capegorse
Aspalathus tridentata |
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Supports bees
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Cape Smilax
Asparagus asparagoides |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Scrambler
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Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis |
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Supports bees
Edible
Fragrant
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Redstem Asparagus
Asparagus rubicundus |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Edible
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
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Divided Kanniedood
Athanasia crithmifolia |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
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Three-tooth Kanniedood
Athanasia trifurcata |
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Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
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Common Bobbejaantjie
Babiana ambigua |
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Fragrant Bobbejaantjie
Babiana fragrans |
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Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Edible
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Scarlet Bobbejaantjie
Babiana villosa |
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Supports bees
Good potplant
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Beetle Lily
Baeometra uniflora |
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Weed African Thistle
Berkheya rigida |
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Supports bees
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Redleg Kolkol
Berzelia abrotanoides |
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Supports bees
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
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Long Rushiris
Bobartia indica |
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Long Rushiris
Bobartia sp. |
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Silvery Bryum
Bryum argenteum |
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Near water
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Moss
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Leafless Kopieva
Bulbine favosa |
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Supports bees
Good potplant
Fragrant
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Threenerve Catstail
Bulbinella triquetra |
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Supports bees
Soil: sandy
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Common Grasslily
Caesia contorta |
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Stiff Capereed
Calopsis rigorata |
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| Campylopus sp. |
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Late Goldfig
Carpanthea pomeridiana |
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Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Succulent
Annual
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Sally-my-handsome
Carpobrotus acinaciformis |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Edible
Pioneer species
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Sea Fig
Carpobrotus edulis |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Ground cover
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Devil'S Tresses
Cassytha ciliolata |
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Gotu Cola
Centella asiatica |
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Near water
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Largeseed Capepurse
Centella macrocarpa |
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Trident Capepurse
Centella tridentata |
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Cape Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium capense |
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Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum |
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Coastal Chiron
Chironia tetragona |
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| Chlorophytum rangei |
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Naked Deckreed
Chondropetalum nudum |
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Near water
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Grey Bietou
Chrysanthemoides incana |
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Supports bees
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Cape Goldrush
Chrysitrix capensis |
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Shaggy Caperose
Cliffortia hirta |
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Dark Caperose
Cliffortia juniperina |
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Hairy Caperose
Cliffortia polygonifolia |
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Climbers Friend
Cliffortia ruscifolia |
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Supports bees
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Weedy Monkshood
Corycium orobanchoides |
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Cotula coronopifolia Group
Cotula coronopifolia |
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Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Annual
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Fine Marsh Buttons
Cotula filifolia |
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Cotula turbinata Group
Cotula turbinata |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Annual
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Common Marsh Buttons
Cotula vulgaris |
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Frill Stonecrop
Crassula ciliata |
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Good potplant
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Scilly Pigmyweed
Crassula decumbens |
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Fringe Stonecrop
Crassula dejecta |
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Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Dec
Ground cover
Shrub
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Orange Stonecrop
Crassula glomerata |
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Good potplant
Easy to grow
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Floating Pigmyweed
Crassula natans |
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Good potplant
Near water
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Thunberg's Pigmyweed
Crassula thunbergiana |
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Good potplant
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Sandveld Rattlepod
Crotalaria excisa |
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Dobo Grass
Cymbopogon marginatus |
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Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: disturbed
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Ground cover
Perennial
Grass
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Sweet Galingale
Cyperus longus |
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| Cyperus mundtii |
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| Cyperus nitidus |
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| Cyperus sphaerospermus |
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Mat Sedge
Cyperus textilis |
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Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Perennial
Grass
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Bulb Baroe
Cyphia bulbosa |
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Bokkie Baroe
Cyphia digitata |
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Kambro Baroe
Cyphia incisa |
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Flats Silkypuff
Diastella proteoides |
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Attractive
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Scrambler
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Rain Daisy
Dimorphotheca pluvialis |
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Supports bees
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Beard Disa
Disa barbata |
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Bract Disa
Disa bracteata |
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| Disa bracteata Sw. |
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Ball Falseslugwort
Dischisma capitatum |
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Kappies
Disperis villosa |
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Sock Squill
Drimia filifolia |
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Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
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Mini Squill
Drimia minor |
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Poppy-flowered Sundew
Drosera cistiflora |
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Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
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Sprawling Sundew
Drosera hilaris |
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Small Sundew
Drosera trinervia |
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Good potplant
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Carnivorous
Perennial
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| Drosera trinervia Spreng. |
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Near water
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Common Scaly Sewejaartjie
Edmondia sesamoides |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
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Perennial Veldtgrass
Ehrharta calycina |
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Easy to grow
Useful
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
Perennial
Grass
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Panic Veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta |
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Longflower Veldtgrass
Ehrharta longiflora |
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Pipe Grass
Ehrharta villosa |
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Rough Goldreed
Elegia asperiflora |
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Naked Deckreed
Elegia nuda |
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Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Restio
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Bum Deckreed
Elegia recta |
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Renosterbush
Elytropappus rhinocerotis |
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Plough Star
Empodium plicatum |
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis brizoides |
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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African love grass
Eragrostis curvula |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Pioneer species
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Perennial
Grass
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Rough Spoonfig
Erepsia aspera |
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Slender Spoonfig
Erepsia gracilis |
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Purpletip Heath
Erica corifolia |
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Wind Heath
Erica hispidula |
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Salt-and-Pepper Heath
Erica imbricata |
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Supports bees
Good potplant
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Shrub
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Salt-and-Wind Heath
Erica lasciva |
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Ninepin Heath
Erica mammosa |
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Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Shrub
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Wild pink
Erica margaritaceae |
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Easy to grow
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
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Keyhole Heath
Erica mauritanica |
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Magenta-Box Heath
Erica multumbellifera |
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Stickyleaf Heath
Erica muscosa |
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Beauty Heath
Erica pulchella |
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| Erica simils |
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Cup Heath
Erica subdivaricata |
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Sad Heath
Erica tristis |
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Macdonald Heath
Erica turgida |
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Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
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Whorl Heath
Erica verticillata |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Shrub
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| Eriospermum cordiforme |
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Assegaai Woolseed
Eriospermum lanceifolium |
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| Eriospermum pumilum |
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Spiral Woolseed
Eriospermum spirale |
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Tuber Milkball
Euphorbia tuberosa |
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Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Succulent
Bulb
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| Eustegia filiformis |
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Dwarf Milkroof
Eustegia minuta |
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Pink Ear
Falkia repens |
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Easy to grow
Shade
Sun
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
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Pureblue Felicia
Felicia heterophylla |
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Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Soil: sandy
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Bristle Felicia
Felicia tenella |
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Supports bees
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| Felicia tenella subsp. longifolia |
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Supports bees
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Bulbous Sedge
Ficinia bulbosa |
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Blackhead Clubrush
Ficinia capitella |
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| Ficinia filiformis |
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| Ficinia india |
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Indian Sedge
Ficinia indica |
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Knobby Clubrush
Ficinia nodosa |
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| Ficinia oligantha |
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Hairy Hippo-Sedge
Fuirena hirsuta |
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Near water
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Cockscomb Gazania
Gazania pectinata |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
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Blue-sequins
Geissorhiza aspera |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
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| Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt |
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| Geissorhiza geminata |
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Gluey Satinflower
Geissorhiza hispidula |
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Cream Satin
Geissorhiza imbricata |
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Carpet Crane'S-Bill
Geranium incanum |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
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Bramakranka
Gethyllis afra |
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Good potplant
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Dec
Bulb
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Wild gladiolus
Gladiolus undulatus |
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Yellow Capesaffron
Gnidia juniperifolia |
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| Gnidia subulata |
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Balloonplant
Gomphocarpus physocarpus |
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Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Shrub
Perennial
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| Gomphocarpus sp. |
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Honey Everlasting
Helichrysum crispum |
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Fume Everlasting
Helichrysum cymosum |
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Supports bees
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African Sunspurge
Heliophila africana |
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Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Soil: sandy
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Dainty Sunspurge
Heliophila pusilla |
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Supports monkey beetles
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Helmet Sedge
Hellmuthia membranacea |
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Near water
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Great Monkey-face
Hemimeris sabulosa |
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Wedge Dollsrose
Hermannia cuneifolia |
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Supports bees
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| Hermannia diffusa |
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Supports bees
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Sickle Eveninglily
Hesperantha falcata |
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Tube Eveninglily
Hesperantha radiata |
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Cinnamon Sambreeltjie
Hessea cinnamomea |
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Hairy Thread Orchid
Holothrix villosa |
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| Holothrix villosa Lindl. |
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Cogon Grass
Imperata arundinacea |
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Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Soil: sandy
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Brittle Indigo
Indigofera capillaris |
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Stellenbosch Quillwort
Isoetes stellenbossiensis |
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Green-and-red Isolepis
Isolepis bulbifera |
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| Isolepis hystrix |
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Near water
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Tiny Flat-Sedge
Isolepis levynsiana |
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Common Annual Clubrush
Isolepis marginata |
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Budding Club-Rush
Isolepis prolifera |
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| Isolepis rubicunda |
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Yellow Kalossie
Ixia dubia |
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Supports bees
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African corn lily
Ixia maculata |
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Pied Kalossie
Ixia monadelpha |
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Good potplant
Fast-growing
Near water
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Tubular corn-lily
Ixia paniculata |
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Near water
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Toad rush
Juncus bufonius |
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Cape Rush
Juncus capensis |
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Near water
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Flats Annual Rush
Juncus cephalotes |
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| Juncus drageanus |
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| Juncus effusus |
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Sea Rush
Juncus kraussii |
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Useful
Near water
In water
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Aquatic
Perennial
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Lax Rush
Juncus oxycarpus |
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| Koeleria capensis |
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Vlei Viooltjie
Lachenalia contaminata |
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Supports bees
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Yellow Soldier Viooltjie
Lachenalia reflexa |
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Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
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Banded Viooltjie
Lachenalia unifolia |
|
Supports bees
|
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|
Spotty Viooltjie
Lachenalia variegata |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Grand Stripper
Lachnaea grandiflora |
|
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|
Orange Brightfig
Lampranthus aurantiacus |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good for coastal areas
Good potplant
|
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Twocolour Brightfig
Lampranthus bicolor |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Soil: sandy
|
Succulent
|
|
Spur Brighfig
Lampranthus calcaratus |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
|
|
|
Threadleaf Brightfig
Lampranthus filicaulis |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
|
|
|
Hairless Brightfig
Lampranthus glaucus |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
|
|
|
Creeping Brightfig
Lampranthus reptans |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
|
|
| Lampranthus stenus |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Good potplant
|
|
|
Mat-lampranthus
Lampranthus tegens |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
|
Dec
Succulent
Ground cover
|
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Redmats
Laurembergia repens |
|
Near water
|
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Small Ganna
Lebeckia plukenetiana |
|
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Fat Duckweed
Lemna gibba |
|
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African Pepperwort
Lepidium africanum |
|
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|
Capeflats Conebush
Leucadendron levisanus |
|
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Good potplant
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Common Sunshine Conebush
Leucadendron salignum |
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Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
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Tree Pincushion
Leucospermum conocarpodendron |
|
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Medicinal
Soil: sandy
|
|
| Lichtensteinia obscura |
|
|
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|
Garden Lobelia
Lobelia erinus |
|
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Mini Lobelia
Lobelia quadrisepala |
|
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Slender Lobelia
Lobelia setacea |
|
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|
| Lotononis involucrata |
|
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|
| Lotononis oxyptera |
|
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|
| Lotononis parviflora |
|
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Giant Sedge
Mariscus thunbergii |
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|
| Merxmuellera cincta |
|
|
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|
White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
|
|
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Swordleaf Combflower
Micranthus alopecuroides |
|
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Needleleaf Combflower
Micranthus junceus |
|
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|
Devil Oneye
Monopsis debilis |
|
|
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|
Yellow Oneye
Monopsis lutea |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Simple Oneye
Monopsis simplex |
|
|
|
| Moraea angusta |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Cape Tulip
Moraea collina |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Sticky Sand Tulp
Moraea elsiae |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Great Tulip
Moraea flaccida |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Lunch Clockflower
Moraea fugacissima |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Near water
Soil: clay
|
|
|
Sweet Tulp
Moraea fugax |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Crisp Tulp
Moraea gawleri |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: clay
|
|
|
Crown Tulp
Moraea lugubris |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Two-leaved Cape tulip
Moraea miniata |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
|
|
Poison Bulb
Moraea miniata Andrews |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Butterfly Uintjie
Moraea papilionacea |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Vlei Clockflower
Moraea ramosissima |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Blue Uintjie
Moraea tripetala |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Drought-resistant
Good for coastal areas
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Bulb
|
|
Tar Tulp
Moraea viscaria |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Good for coastal areas
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Dune Waxberry
Morella cordifolia |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
|
|
Oak Waxberry
Morella quercifolia |
|
Supports birds
Medicinal
|
|
|
Heathleaf Purplegorse
Muraltia ericoides |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Thread Purplegorse
Muraltia filiformis |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Prickly Purplegorse
Muraltia heisteria |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Bigflower Purplegorse
Muraltia macropetala |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Common Lionface
Nemesia affinis |
|
|
|
|
Smooth Daggapit
Nenax acerosa |
|
|
|
|
Mountain Nerine
Nerine humilis |
|
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Shade
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Bulb
|
|
Tortoise Berry
Nylandtia spinosa |
|
|
|
|
Pink Spikelily
Onixotis punctata |
|
|
|
| Ornithogalum dregeanum |
|
Near water
|
|
| Ornithogalum fragrans |
|
|
|
|
Grass-leaved Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum juncifolium |
|
|
|
|
Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
|
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Sea Rose
Orphium frutescens |
|
Supports bees
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Bietou
Osteospermum moniliferum |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good for coastal areas
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
|
|
Strand Dottypea
Otholobium bracteolatum |
|
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Carpet Dottypea
Otholobium virgatum |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Goat's-foot
Oxalis caprina |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis eckloniana |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis glabra |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Tropical woodsorrel
Oxalis hirta |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Bulb
|
|
Blue Sorrel
Oxalis livida |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Golden Sorrel
Oxalis luteola |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Mini Sorrel
Oxalis minuta |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Oneleaf Sorrel
Oxalis monophylla |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis nidulans |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis obtusa |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Creeping Woodsorrel
Oxalis purpurea |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Perennial
|
|
Early Sorrel
Oxalis pusilla |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Multi-rectiverse Sorrels
Oxalis versicolor |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Mini Capestar
Pauridia minuta |
|
|
|
|
Various-Leaved Storksbills
Pelargonium auritum |
|
|
|
|
Camphor Storksbill
Pelargonium betulinum |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good for coastal areas
Wind-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Perennial
|
|
Rose-Scented Geranium
Pelargonium capitatum |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Wild Mallow
Pelargonium cucullatum |
|
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Branching Storksbill
Pelargonium multicaule |
|
Good potplant
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Shrub
|
|
Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium |
|
|
|
|
Peninsula Hooded Storksbill
Pelargonium tabulare |
|
|
|
|
Night-scented Pelargonium
Pelargonium triste |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Medicinal
Fragrant
|
|
|
Pale Fiveawn
Pentaschistis pallida |
|
|
|
|
Slender Knotweed
Persicaria decipiens |
|
|
|
|
Tall Spookasem
Pharnaceum elongatum |
|
|
|
|
Cobweb Spookasem
Pharnaceum incanum |
|
|
|
|
Drought Spookasem
Pharnaceum lineare |
|
|
|
|
Common Reed
Phragmites australis |
|
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Near water
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Grass
|
| Platycaulos c.f. compressus |
|
|
|
|
Petite-Licorice
Plecostachys serpyllifolia |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Ground cover
Perennial
Scrambler
|
|
Water blossom pea
Podalyria calyptrata |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
| Podalyria montana |
|
|
|
|
Slender Falsepea
Polygala garcinii |
|
|
|
|
Burchell's sugarbush
Protea burchellii |
|
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Common Sugarbush
Protea repens |
|
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Shrub
|
|
Cape Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium undulatum |
|
|
|
|
Wing Fountainbush
Psoralea alata |
|
|
|
|
Whorled Fountainbush
Psoralea ensifolia |
|
|
|
|
Lax Fountainbush
Psoralea laxa |
|
Near water
|
|
|
Dally pine
Psoralea pinnata |
|
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Tree
|
|
Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum |
|
|
|
|
Cowl Bonnet
Pterygodium catholicum |
|
|
|
|
Bunchy flat-sedge
Pycreus polystachyos |
|
Near water
|
|
|
Giant Bell
Roella ciliata |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Fineleaf Bell
Roella prostrata |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Greenbract Froetang
Romulea flava |
|
|
|
|
Rosy sandcrocus
Romulea rosea |
|
|
|
| Rumex lativalvis Meisn. |
|
|
|
|
Gem Tentfig
Ruschia geminiflora |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Beach Tentfig
Ruschia macowanii |
|
Supports bees
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Lanceleaf Sage
Salvia lanceolata |
|
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Twohorn Satyre
Satyrium bicorne |
|
|
|
|
Scented Orchid
Satyrium odorum |
|
|
|
|
Black Bog-Rush
Schoenus nigricans |
|
|
|
| Scirpoides thubergii |
|
|
|
|
Willow Karee
Searsia angustifolia |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Blue Kunibush
Searsia glauca |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Dune Currantrhus
Searsia laevigata |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Glossy Currantrhus
Searsia lucida |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Golden Yellowwort
Sebaea aurea |
|
|
|
|
Yellow Starvation Ragwort
Senecio abruptus |
|
|
|
|
Kill Ragwort
Senecio burchellii |
|
|
|
|
Red-purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
|
|
Tobacco Ragwort
Senecio halimifolius |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Coast Ragwort
Senecio littoreus |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
|
|
Ridgestem Ragwort
Senecio pubigerus |
|
|
|
|
Purple Ragwort
Senecio purpureus |
|
|
|
|
Hard Ragwort
Senecio rigidus |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Common Snakebush Complex
Seriphium plumosum |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Ground cover
Shrub
|
|
Cluster Spiderhead
Serruria glomerata |
|
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Butter Silklily
Sparaxis bulbifera |
|
Near water
|
|
|
Plain harlequin-flower
Sparaxis grandiflora |
|
|
|
|
White Capestar
Spiloxene alba |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Near water
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Water Capestar
Spiloxene aquatica |
|
Supports monkey beetles
Supports bees
Fragrant
Near water
Soil: sandy
|
|
|
Browneye Capestar
Spiloxene canaliculata |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Stars
Spiloxene capensis |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
|
Pygmy Capestar
Spiloxene minuta |
|
Supports monkey beetles
|
|
| Spiloxene ovata |
|
Near water
|
|
| Spiloxene schlechteri |
|
Near water
|
|
|
Pure Gold Capestar
Spiloxene serrata |
|
|
|
|
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
|
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: disturbed
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
| Sporobolus capensis |
|
|
|
|
Droopy Tasslereed
Staberoha cernua |
|
Attractive
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Restio
|
| Staberoha cf. cernua |
|
|
|
|
Cape grass
Staberoha cf. distachyos |
|
|
|
|
Saint Augustine grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum |
|
|
|
| Stentotaphrum familiatum |
|
|
|
| Stentotaphrum secundatum |
|
|
|
|
Common Snakebush
Stoebe capitata |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Cone Snakebush
Stoebe fusca |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Fine Snowflake
Strumaria tenella |
|
|
|
|
Dozen Capespray
Struthiola dodecandra |
|
Supports bees
Attractive
Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Shrub
|
|
Ribbed Capespray
Struthiola striata |
|
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Sharp Veldrush
Tetraria cuspidata |
|
|
|
|
Honey Tetrar
Tetraria sp. |
|
|
|
|
Stipple Thatchreed
Thamnochortus punctatus |
|
|
|
| Themeda triandra Forssk. |
|
|
|
|
Spike Rootthug
Thesium spicatum |
|
|
|
|
Common Capespinach
Trachyandra ciliata |
|
|
|
|
Branch Capespinach
Trachyandra divaricata |
|
|
|
|
Fine Capespinach
Trachyandra filiformis |
|
|
|
|
Roughhair Capespinach
Trachyandra hirsutiflora |
|
|
|
|
Fuzzy Capespinach
Trachyandra hispida |
|
|
|
|
Fold Capespinach
Trachyandra revoluta |
|
|
|
|
Common Capesedge
Trianoptiles capensis |
|
|
|
|
Flats Capesedge
Trianoptiles solitaria |
|
|
|
|
Common Hare Grass
Tribolium uniolae |
|
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
|
|
Two Tails—Three Fingers
Tridactyle bicaudata |
|
Fragrant
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Feb
Dec
Epiphyte
Orchid
|
|
Bulb Arrowgrass
Triglochin bulbosa |
|
Near water
|
|
|
One-Eye Monster
Tripteris clandestina |
|
|
|
|
Trumpet Garlic
Tulbaghia alliacea |
|
|
|
|
Star of the Veldt
Ursinia anthemoides |
|
Supports bees
|
|
| Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides |
|
Supports bees
|
|
|
Fire Paraseed
Ursinia paleacea |
|
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Perennial
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Cape Bladderwort
Utricularia bisquamata |
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| Utricularia bisquamata Schrank |
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White Cudweed
Vellereophyton dealbatum |
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Small Mirrorface
Wachendorfia brachyandra |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
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Common Butterflylily
Wachendorfia paniculata |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
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Red Root
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora |
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Supports bees
Useful
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Perennial
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Cape Bluebell
Wahlenbergia capensis |
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| Wahlenbergia fruticosa |
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| Wahlenbergia subulata |
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Bugle-lily
Watsonia borbonica |
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Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
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Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana |
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Supports sunbirds
Near water
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Water Softbell
Wimmerella secunda |
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Near water
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| Wurmbea capensis |
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| Wurmbea spicata |
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Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Near water
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