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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Belladonna Lily
Amaryllis belladonna
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb
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
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
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
Three-tooth Kanniedood
Athanasia trifurcata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Fragrant Bobbejaantjie
Babiana fragrans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Edible Fragrant
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Leafless Kopieva
Bulbine favosa
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Fragrant
Fringe Stonecrop
Crassula dejecta
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • red
  • white
Feb Dec
Ground cover Shrub
Blue Ladieshand
Cyanella hyacinthoides
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • blue
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Sock Squill
Drimia filifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay
  • white
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Wild pink
Erica margaritaceae
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
Cape Snow Bush
Eriocephalus africanus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
Bramakranka
Gethyllis afra
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Good potplant
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Feb Dec
Bulb
Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • white
Dec
Shrub Tree
Honey Everlasting
Helichrysum patulum
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
  • yellow
Dec
Ground cover Shrub
Fire Viooltjie
Lachenalia fistulosa
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
  • blue
  • mauve/lilac
  • red
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bulb
Wild Viooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
  • blue
  • cream
  • green
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Cape Silver Tree
Leucadendron argenteum
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Useful Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Tree
Cape honey flower
Melianthus major
  • Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive Fragrant
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • purple
Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
Moraea angusta
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
Lunch Clockflower
Moraea fugacissima
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Near water
Soil: clay
Sweet Tulp
Moraea fugax
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Butterfly Uintjie
Moraea papilionacea
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Fragrant
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Tar Tulp
Moraea viscaria
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Good for coastal areas
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
African Olive
Olea europaea africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Strand Dottypea
Otholobium bracteolatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Water Capestar
Pauridia aquatica
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
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
Rose-Scented Geranium
Pelargonium capitatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
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
Night-scented Pelargonium
Pelargonium triste
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Medicinal Fragrant
Water blossom pea
Podalyria calyptrata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Dally pine
Psoralea pinnata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • purple
Mar Apr May Dec
Tree
African Blue Sage
Salvia africana-caerulea
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Medicinal Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Lanceleaf Sage
Salvia lanceolata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
  • pink
  • red
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Wild currant
Searsia tomentosa
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
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
Cluster Spiderhead
Serruria glomerata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Water Capestar
Spiloxene aquatica
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Fragrant
Near water
Soil: sandy
Dozen Capespray
Struthiola dodecandra
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Attractive Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Shrub
Ribbed Capespray
Struthiola striata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Drought-resistant
Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • cream
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Two Tails—Three Fingers
Tridactyle bicaudata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fragrant
Shade Sun Semi-shade
  • brown
  • yellow
Feb Dec
Epiphyte Orchid
Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Near water

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