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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
|---|---|---|---|
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Common Poison-bush
Acokanthera oppositifolia |
|
Birds
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Foambush
Aerva leucura |
|
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Candelabra Aloe
Aloe arborescens |
|
Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
|
|
Rand Grass Aloe
Aloe verecunda |
|
Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Good potplant
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Succulent
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Baboon Onion
Babiana hypogea |
|
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Blue Bushviolet
Barleria obtusa |
|
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Perennial
Shrub
|
| Barleria ovata |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Red-topped Signal Grass
Brachiaria serrata |
|
Birds
Good garden plant
Attractive
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Mountain Silver-oak
Brachylaena rotundata |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Sagewood
Buddleja salviifolia |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Fragrant
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Yellow Cat's Tail
Bulbine abyssinica |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Num-num
Carissa bispinosa |
|
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
Tree
|
|
White Stinkwood
Celtis africana |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris |
|
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Common Mock Scabious
Cephalaria zeyheriana |
|
Bees
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Rhodes Grass
Chloris gayana |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Easy to grow
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Annual
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Feather Finger Grass
Chloris virgata |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Annual
Grass
Perennial
|
|
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
|
|
River Bushwillow
Combretum erythrophyllum |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
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African Yellow Dayflower
Commelina africana |
|
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
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
|
|
Cabbage Tree
Cussonia spicata |
|
Birds
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Tree
|
|
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
|
|
Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon caesius |
|
Birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Bermuda Grass
Cynodon dactylon |
|
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Grass
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
|
|
Pompom Tree
Dais cotinifolia |
|
Bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Grassveld Karmedik
Dicoma anomala |
|
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Digitgrass
Digitaria eriantha |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Grass
|
|
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
|
|
Puzzle Bush
Ehretia rigida |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Broadpod Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza burkei |
|
Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza elephantina |
|
Bees
Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Wire Grass
Elionurus muticus |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Climax species
Pioneer species
Sub-climax species
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Ground cover
|
|
Stamvrug
Englerophytum magalismontanum |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Tree
|
|
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Heartleaf Eriosema
Eriosema cordatum |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Forb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Blue Gwarrie
Euclea crispa |
|
Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
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
|
|
Red-leaved Fig
Ficus ingens |
|
Birds
Easy to grow
Edible
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Thick-leaved Gladiolus
Gladiolus crassifolius |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Bulb
Forb
|
|
Common Otterbush
Gomphostigma virgatum |
|
Birds
Good garden plant
Useful
In water
Near water
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Velvet Raisin
Grewia flava |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
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
|
|
Golden Everlasting
Helichrysum aureonitens |
|
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus |
|
Grazers/browsers
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Lavender-tree
Heteropyxis natalensis |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
|
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Useful
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
|
Birds
Easy to grow
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Climax species
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
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
|
|
Nentakalanchoe
Kalanchoe rotundifolia |
|
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Succulent
|
|
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
|
|
Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Poker
Kniphofia porphyrantha |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Good garden plant
Attractive
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
Perennial
|
|
Small Lantana
Lantana rugosa |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
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
|
|
Ouhout
Leucosidea sericea |
|
Bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Medicinal
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Fever Tea
Lippia javanica |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Shrub
|
|
Bristle-leaved Red-top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Natal Grass
Melinis repens |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
|
|
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
|
|
Horse Mint
Mentha longifolia |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
In water
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Boat Grass
Monocymbium ceresiiforme |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Near water
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Grass
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
|
|
African Boxwood
Myrsine africana |
|
Birds
Hedge
Attractive
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Kooboo-berry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum |
|
Bees
Birds
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Grassveld Lionface
Nemesia fruticans |
|
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
Perennial
|
|
Figleaf Gemsbokbean
Neorautanenia ficifolia |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Climber
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Shrub
Tree
|
|
African Wild Olive
Olea europaea africana |
|
Bees
Birds
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Mountain Hardpear
Olinia emarginata |
|
Bees
Birds
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Basket Grass
Oplismenus hirtellus |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Grass
Ground cover
|
|
Jacket Plum
Pappea capensis |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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
|
|
Purple Spike Grass
Perotis patens |
|
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Annual
Grass
|
|
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
|
|
Wild Leadwort
Plumbago zeylanica |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Ground cover
Scrambler
Shrub
|
|
Herringbone Grass
Pogonarthria squarrosa |
|
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Dec
Grass
|
|
Purple Broom
Polygala virgata |
|
Bees
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
African Buttercup
Ranunculus multifidus |
|
Bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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
|
|
Small Scabious
Scabiosa columbaria |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
African Sumac
Searsia lancea |
|
Bees
Birds
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Mountain Karree
Searsia leptodictya |
|
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
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
|
|
Woolly Grassveld Ragwort
Senecio coronatus |
|
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
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
|
|
Flame Thorn
Senegalia ataxacantha |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Broadleaf Bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Near water
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
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
|
| Tricholaena monachne |
|
Birds
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Grass
|
|
Maagbossie
Triumfetta sonderi |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Forb
Shrub
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Sweet Thorn
Vachellia karroo |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Wild-medlar
Vangueria infausta |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Buffalothorn
Ziziphus zeyheriana |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|