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- Tolerances & suitability: Good potplant
45
species found
| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
|---|---|---|---|
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Rand Grass Aloe
Aloe verecunda |
|
Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Good potplant
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Succulent
|
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Grassveld Tree Fern
Alsophila dregei |
|
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Near water
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Fern
Tree
|
|
Ground Lily
Ammocharis coranica |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
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Sprenger's Asparagus
Asparagus densiflorus |
|
Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
African Broom Asparagus
Asparagus virgatus |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Butterfly Green Lily
Chlorophytum bowkeri |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Lobster Flower
Coleus neochilus |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
Succulent
|
|
Pig's Ear
Cotyledon orbiculata |
|
Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Perennial
Succulent
|
|
Natal Swamplily
Crinum macowanii |
|
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Fragrant
Medicinal
In water
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Showy Blue Ear
Cyanotis speciosa |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Yellow Firelily
Cyrtanthus breviflorus |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Wild Apricot
Dovyalis zeyheri |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Edible
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
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Autumn Pineapple Lily
Eucomis autumnalis |
|
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Forest Kammetjie
Freesia grandiflora |
|
Butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Blue Bellbush
Freylinia tropica |
|
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Terracotta Gazania
Gazania krebsiana |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Monkey beetles
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Crossberry
Grewia occidentalis |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Scrambler
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
African Honeysuckle
Halleria lucida |
|
Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Icholocholo
Helichrysum nudifolium |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Sun
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
African Stargrass
Hypoxis hemerocallidea |
|
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Bulb
Forb
|
|
Wild Jasmine
Jasminum multipartitum |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Scrambler
Shrub
|
|
Paddle Plant
Kalanchoe thyrsiflora |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Succulent
|
|
Cooper’s African Hyacinth
Ledebouria cooperi |
|
Bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
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Tough-leaved African Hyacinth
Ledebouria marginata |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Forb
|
|
Common African Hyacinth
Ledebouria revoluta |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Cancer Bush
Lessertia frutescens |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Koko Tree
Maytenus undata |
|
Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Gauteng
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Watermint
Mentha aquatica |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
In water
Near water
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Hedge
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Lurid Storksbill
Pelargonium luridum |
|
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Black Pelargonium
Pelargonium sidoides |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Speckled Spur-flower
Plectranthus ciliatus |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Whorled Plectranthus
Plectranthus verticillatus |
|
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
False Gentian
Raphionacme hirsuta |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Bushman Grape
Rhoicissus tridentata |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Shrub
Tree
|
|
White Veld Violet
Ruellia patula |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Paintbrush Lily
Scadoxus puniceus |
|
Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
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Succulent Bush Ragwort
Senecio barbertonicus |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Succulent
|
|
Nasturtium Ragwort
Senecio oxyriifolius |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Succulent
|
|
African Stachys
Stachys aethiopica |
|
Bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Giant Carrion Flower
Stapelia gigantea |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Succulent
|
| Stapelia leendertziae |
|
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Succulent
|
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Pungent Wild Garlic
Tulbaghia acutiloba |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Forb
|
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Little Paraseed
Ursinia nana |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Annual
Forb
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