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HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT
INDIGENOUS PLANT
Keep track, we continue to add plants and categories each week.
Depending on your garden style, knowledge, and experience, these categories allow you to find a range of plants suitable for your specific needs. A gardener whose garden is designed mainly around wildlife interaction may require companion plants a grassland corner, forest -edge, or wildlife pond. Those looking to create a sustainable, low-maintenance garden may begin with their rainfall region.
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Red Grass Rooigras
Themeda triandra
Light:
sun
Frost:
low; moderate; hardy
sun; grassland meadow; rockery gravel; dry soil; sandy soil; clay soil; windy exposed; slope bank; wildlife birds
Garden situation:
Flowers:
cream ; spring; summer; autumn; October - July
Size:
40 cm – 1.2 m
low
Water:
Cotton Balls; Hairy Balls
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Light:
sun
Frost:
light; moderate; hardy
sun; rockery gravel; grassland meadow; dry soil; slope bank; clay soils; wildlife bees wasps insects butterflies birds beetles
Garden situation:
Flowers:
white; pink; summer; November to April; year-round
Size:
50 cm up to 2 m high and very slender
low; moderate
Water:
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Cape May
Coleaonema species
Light:
sun; semi-shade
Frost:
light
sun; semi-shade; pm sun; fragrant; narrow spaces; shrubbery; container; hedge; wildlife insects bees butterflies
Garden situation:
Flowers:
white; winter spring
Size:
1.2 x 1 m - 1.2 x 1.2
low; moderate
Water:
Purple Bells
Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora
Light:
semi-shade; sun
Frost:
light; moderate
sun; semi-shade; damp soils; container; shrubbery; damp shade; clay soils; fast-growing easy-care; wildlife insects butterflies insectivorous birds; hedge
Garden situation:
Flowers:
purple; mauve; October to April; summer; autumn
Size:
1.5 x 1.7 m
moderate
Water:
Red-stemmed Corkwood or Bronze Paper Commiphora
Commiphora harveyi
Light:
sun; semi-shade
Frost:
light; tender
sun; semi-shade; damp soils; damp sun; dry soils; clay soils; container; rockery gravel; slope bank; bonsai; feature tree; wildlife birds insects
Garden situation:
Flowers:
white; October to December; spring; summer
Size:
8 x 7 m
low; moderate; high
Water:
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