South African Indigenous Plant Catalogue

Acacia schweinfurthiiIn Stock

A shrub or small spreading tree, but most frequently a robust scrambler with hooked thorns scattered along the branches. The compound leaves have bright green leaflets.   The white or pale cream balls of flowers are borne from Decembe...

Aloe ciliarisIn Stock

Aloe ciliaris is a hardy, climbing Aloe with stems climbing up to 5m if they are supported, but otherwise makes a lovely, clump forming sprawling shrub.  The leaves are in loose rosettes around the stem and fringed with white hairs. B...

Asparagus asparagoidesIn Stock

Asparagus asparagoides is a hardy, evergreen, attractive, climbing Asparagus has beautiful, delicate, slightly-succulent, bright-green leaves. The sweetly-scented, white flowers are borne throughout the year.These are followed by black b...

Asparagus falcatusIn Stock

Asparagus falcatus is a fairly hardy, evergreen, tall, robust climber with glossy, dark-green, sickle-shaped leaves and short, hooked thorns on pale-grey stems. The small, sweetly-scented,white flowers are carried in a long thin spray and ...

Asparagus plumosusIn Stock

Asparagus plumosus (=Asparagus setaceus) is a very hardy, evergreen, drought-resistant climber with twining branches.The branchlets spread on one plane and have small, fine leaves in compressed clusters. Red berries, that attract birds...

Bauhinia galpiniiIn Stock

Bauhinia galpinii is a hardy, deciduous, drought and frost resistant rambling shrub or climber with bi-lobed leaves that look like butterfly wings. It bears masses of beautiful terracotta coloured flowers from summer to late autumn. The...

Bowiea volubilis

Bowiea volubilis is a hardy, deciduous, bulbous plant that has two thin, strap-like leaves. It climbs by means of its large much-branched inflorescence, the branchlets of which grow downwards. Photosynthesis is also carried out by this flo...

Clematis brachiataIn Stock

Clematis brachiata is a very hardy, deciduous climber with amazing, sweetly scented, creamy-white flowers that have a mass of bright yellow fluffy stamens in the centre. It blooms from Febuary to May. The thick, small fruits are covered wit...

Combretum bracteosumIn Stock

Combretum bracteosum is a fairly hardy, deciduous scrambler has unusual, dull olive-green leaves, and is a particularly attractive foliage plant. It bears gorgeous, big heads of red flowers from September to December. Unusually for a Combr...

Combretum mossambicensisIn Stock

Combretum mossambicensis is a hardy, deciduous, drought-resistant, scrambling shrub or climber with greyish-brown bark and long, trailing stems that will climb if they have something to lean on.The dull-green leaves have a twisted tip. I...