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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Rushleaf Tamarak
Albuca juncifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports sunbirds
Eastern Tree Aloe
Aloidendron barberae
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Easy to grow
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • orange
  • pink
Jun Jul Aug
Succulent Tree
Candelabra Lily
Brunsvigia orientalis
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • red
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb Perennial
Cobra Lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
Jun Jul Aug
Bulb
African flag
Chasmanthe floribunda
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Pig'S Ear
Cotyledon orbiculata
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Succulent Perennial
Peninsula Heath complex
Erica abietina
  • Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Ninepin Heath
Erica mammosa
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • purple
  • red
  • white
  • yellow
Shrub
Whorl Heath
Erica verticillata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
Feb Mar Apr May
Shrub
Red Pypie
Gladiolus cunonius
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports sunbirds
Balloonplant
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May Dec
Shrub Perennial
Spotted Bloodlily
Haemanthus coccineus
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb
Fourtone Viooltjie
Lachenalia aloides
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Soil: clay
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
Yellow Soldier Viooltjie
Lachenalia reflexa
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
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
Cancer Bush
Lessertia frutescens
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Tree Pincushion
Leucospermum conocarpodendron
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Medicinal
Soil: sandy
Kraal Honey-Thorn
Lycium afrum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • purple
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
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
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
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
Two-leaved Cape tulip
Moraea miniata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • pink
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
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
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
Burchell's sugarbush
Protea burchellii
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • black
  • green
  • pink
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Common Sugarbush
Protea repens
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • pink
  • red
  • white
Shrub
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
Pink Satyre
Satyrium carneum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Good potplant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Orchid
Orange Satyre
Satyrium coriifolium
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Good potplant
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Orchid
Botterboom
Tylecodon paniculatus
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • red
Dec
Succulent Shrub
Bugle-lily
Watsonia borbonica
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bulb
Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds
Near water
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Spectacular Watsonia
Watsonia spectabilis
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports sunbirds
Soil: clay

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