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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
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
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
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
Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Useful Edible
Near water In water
Sun
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
Sally-my-handsome
Carpobrotus acinaciformis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible
Pioneer species
Sea Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover
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
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
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
Common Lionspaw
Leonotis leonurus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Easy to grow Hedge
Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • orange
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May
Shrub Perennial
African boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • purple
  • white
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
Rockcandy Minimouth
Microloma sagittatum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Useful Edible Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • red
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Climber
Dune Waxberry
Morella cordifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • red
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
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
Bietou
Osteospermum moniliferum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
Red Mallow
Pelargonium fulgidum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports sunbirds
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Sun
Soil: sandy
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Succulent Shrub Scrambler
African Blue Sage
Salvia africana-caerulea
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
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
Blue Kunibush
Searsia glauca
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
Glossy Currantrhus
Searsia lucida
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Edible Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
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
Red-purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual
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
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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