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Afrikaans: Doppruim
Medium to small sized spreading tree to 7m. Bark attractive pale grey, leaves large leathery with spine toothed margins, flowers long catkin like raceme, greenish yellow. Fruit attractive black and red, edible. The whole plant has medicinal and other value.
Location: Widespread coastal belt from E. Cape to Mocambique and inland
English: Doll's Bush
Rarely found in cultivation, this unusual member of the protea family makes a rewarding addition to fynbos gardens. Foliage consists of 2 totally different sets - lower leaves strongly disected while the upper leaves are entire. The flowers are cream brush like heads much loved by sunbirds and last well in the vase. Needs a well drained sunny position and can be fed lightly with slow release 3:1:5, responds well to regular pruning and watering.
Location: Van Stadens Mts
Afrikaans: Seekoppiesgonna
Grows in sea sand on dunes - tall robust shrub, conifer-like appearance with reddish flowers, ±3m. Valuable pioneer species for dune revegetation.
Location: Peninsula to Natal.
Afrikaans: Gonnabos
Similar to the above but with softer growth habit, and not as hardy to coastal conditions. Good wind break, ±3m, reddish flowers. Valuable pioneer species for revegetation.
Location: Peninsula to Natal.
Afrikaans: Bosbruidsbos
English: Weeping bride's bush
A lovely evergreen shrub with a slightly weeping form. Masses of white flowers in summer cover the plant in a haze of white giving it it's common name of 'Bride's bush'.
Location: Forest margins and bushveld.
English: Dune Bride's Bush
Exceptionally beautiful white flowering shrub or small tree with glossy, dark green, leathery leaves and full, showy bunches of pure white flowers in mid-summer. A slow growing neat plant requiring little pruning, needs a well drained, semi-shade position. Although fairly drought tolerant, it thrives if watered regularly and is fed with slow release 3:1:5 or organic fertilizer especially before flowering.
Location: Eastern Cape, Natal and Transkei dune forests
A NEW NUGGET, this shrub is absolutely ideal for creating dense, clipped hedges or as an attractive shrub on its own. The foliage is a dark green, very similar to Anisodontea. The flowers are also Anisodontea-like, except that they have a rich golden colour. A very tough shrub that naturally occurs on the margins of dry coastal or inland bush.
Location: W.Cape (Humansdorp to Bathurst, inland to Fort Beaufort)
Attractive Pelargonium from the Little Karoo, with small grey-green leaves and pink flowers almost all year round. Easy to grow, drought tolerant shrub, up to 50cm high. Prune to shape and feed occasionally to encourage growth and flowers.
Location: Little Karoo, E. Cape and F. S.