Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Cape Smilax
Asparagus asparagoides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub Scrambler
Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Edible Fragrant
Weeping Asparagus
Asparagus declinatus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Redstem Asparagus
Asparagus rubicundus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Edible Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
Asparagus undulatus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Red Viooltjie
Lachenalia bulbifera
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb

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