South African Indigenous Plant Catalogue

Jamesbrittenia grandiflora

Jamesbrittenia grandiflora is a hardy, evergreen, fast-growing small shrub with multiple stems. Its aromatic, grey-green, quilted leaves are dense and completely cover the waving stems. At the tips of the many stems, clusters of beautiful,...

Jasminum angulareIn Stock

Jasminum angulare is a hardy, evergreen, drought-resistant climber with glossy, dark-green, trifoliate leaves. The clusters of star-shaped, white flowers look velvety and are sweetly-scented, especially at night.  These wonderful flowe...

Jasminum multipartitumIn Stock

Jasminum multipartitum is a very hardy, evergreen, fast-growing creeper or scrambler with small, glossy, dark-green foliage. It bears masses of fragrant, white (with deep pink undersides), star-shaped flowers, from August to January. The p...

Jasminum stenolobumIn Stock

Jasminum stenolobum is a hardy, evergreen, scandent, bushy shrub or climber, with glossy, dark-green leaves. Masses of large, fragrant, white, star-shaped flowers with a pink underside are borne from August to January. These are followed b...

Juncus effususIn Stock

Juncus effusus - Mat-Rush is a very hardy, evergreen, tufted, perennial rush that grows in wet areas as well as in a normally irrigated garden. The grass-like leaves are very variable, with some plants having robust, upright leaves whilst o...

Juncus inflexusIn Stock

Juncus inflexus is a very hardy, evergreen, tufted, perennial rush with stiff, erect, grey-green stems. In spring and summer, brown, dry, scaly flowers are crowded at the tips of these stems. The little seeds that follow the flowers are red...

Juncus lomatophyllusIn Stock

Juncus lomatophyllus is a very hardy, evergreen, fast growing water plant that is unusual as it is quite small. Its flat, bright green, strap-shaped leaves are carried in a rosette and have red stems. It bears dark brown flowers in summer. ...

Justicia capensisIn Stock

Justicia capensis is fairly hardy, evergreen medium to large shrub with small, glossy, velvety leaves and scented, magenta flowers with white markings all year. Flowers attract numerous pollinating insects including butterflies. Used in tra...

Justicia petiolarisIn Stock

Justicia petiolaris is a hardy, evergreen, mounding and trailing perennial plant with attractive light green foliage.  The spikes of flowers clustered at the tips of branches are blue with white and mauve markings. They open in success...