South African Indigenous Plant Catalogue

Dais cotinifolia is  a very hardy, fast growing, deciduous, small tree with attractive slightly blue green leaves. In spring it has scattered pink leaves in the crown adding to the interest. It bears masses of very showy, fragrant pink, pom-pom like flowers that attract a whole host of birds a...
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Deinbollia oblongifolia is a hardy, briefly deciduous, shrub or small tree with large decorative, dark green leaves crowded at the ends of the branches. The pyramids of white flowers, which stand out above the leaves, are borne from March to June and are followed by white, fruit that is much favour...
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Delosperma cooperi is a hardy, evergreen, fast-growing, prostrate, succulent groundcover. The narrow, elongated leaves are soft and fleshy and vary in shape from triangular to cylindrical. They have a glistening appearance that protects them by reflecting harsh sunlight. This gives them their commo...
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Delosperma echinatum (Pickle Plant) is a hardy, evergreen, small, partially-upright shrublet that has barrel-shaped short (25mm) leaves, hence its common name pickle plant. The light-green leaves have short, white, bristly hairs and attractive water vesicles (tiny bladders), that will add texture to...
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Delosperma lydenbergense is a hardy, evergreen, fast-growing, prostrate, succulent groundcover. The narrow, elongated leaves are soft and fleshy and vary in shape from triangular to cylindrical. They have a glistening appearance that protects them from harsh sunlight. Some of the leaves turn a maro...
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Diascia genta hybrid is a hardy, bushy, evergreen, drought resistant, perennial groundcover with fine round leaves. This hybrid has massed spikes of flowers ranging in colour from white, pink, orange through red. The flowers are borne mainly from August. to March. but it does bear some flowers all y...
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Diascia ‘Hybrids’ is a hardy, evergreen, bushy, drought-resistant, perennial groundcover with fine round leaves. This hybrid bears spikes of flowers in profusion, ranging in colour from white, pink, orange and through to red.The flowers are borne mainly from August to March but it do...
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Diascia integerrima pink is a very hardy, bushy, evergreen, drought resistant, perennial groundcover, with fine narrow leaves. It bears masses of pretty pink flower spikes from November. to May that attract insects to the garden. It prefers to grow in full sun but will tolerate partial or light shad...
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Dietes bicolor is a hardy, evergreen, clump-forming, graceful plant with long narrow, arching, sword-shaped leaves. It bears beautiful, large, yellow flowers with black-brown markings from August to February on long flowering stems. Do not cut back the flowering stems until they are finished flower...
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Dietes grandiflora is a very hardy, evergreen, clump-forming plant with sword-shaped leaves arranged in a fan and arising from a rhizome. It bears beautiful Iris-like white flowers with mauve and yellow markings in spring and summer. Flowers best in sun but also makes a good filler in light shade u...
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