Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Sandrose Mallow
Anisodontea scabrosa
  • Atlantis Sand Fynbos
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Wind-resistant Good potplant
Fast-growing Hedge
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • purple
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Cape-Pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Edible Fragrant
Near water In water
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bulb Aquatic
Late Goldfig
Carpanthea pomeridiana
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Edible Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Succulent Annual
Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Useful Medicinal Edible
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Pied Kalossie
Ixia monadelpha
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Good potplant
Fast-growing
Near water
Camphor Storksbill
Pelargonium betulinum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Perennial
Wild Mallow
Pelargonium cucullatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Common Snakebush Complex
Seriphium plumosum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
  • brown
Jun Jul Aug
Ground cover Shrub

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