Flowering Month: January

  • Albuca cooperi

    Posted on by s2This bulbous perennial bears two or three, sometimes four narrow, channelled leaves which grow annually. Their margins are rolled in and clasping the stem at the base where they are warty. It has strikingly beautiful yellow fragrant nodding flowers with... Read more »

  • Zephyranthes grandiflora

    Posted on by s2Not listed in NEMBA legislation, garden escapee Small bulbous plant from Central America growing on the verge of Links Drive 25 m west of Horne Drive intersection. Most of the time cannot be seen but appears first with leaves followed... Read more »

  • Watsonia knysnana

    Posted on by s2This robust, cormous geophyte has sword-shaped leaves arranged in a tight fan, they are leathery and fibrous.  The leaves grow up to 60cm, with flower spikes no more than a meter. It flowers well in disturbed sites from Swellendam to... Read more »

  • Crassula dejecta

    Posted on by s2Neat, densely branched, upright perennial shrublet with leaves that are slightly fleshy, often tinged red, with a row of rounded, bead-like hairs on the margins that give the leaves a silvery edge but which one needs a magnifying lens to... Read more »

  • Cussonia spicata

    Posted on by s2An unusual and distinctive tree with thick corky grey trunk. The juicy roots are a source of water in times of drought. The mature wood was used for wagon brake blocks. Read more »

  • Watsonia wilmaniae

    Posted on by s2This cormous geophyte has sword-shaped leaves, it is a rather untidy plant. The flowers appear on tall spikes where each spike carries between 12 to 20 flowers. The large clumps tend to occur in wet and especially marshy ground. Read more »

  • Osteospermum caulescens

    Posted on by s2Osteospermum used to belong to the genus Dimophotheca, but only the annual species remain in that genus; the perennials belong to Osteospermum. This evergreen perennial has sprawling stems that root along their length and form mats. Leathery and minutely toothed leaves can... Read more »

  • Crassula tetragona

    Posted on by s2This is a hardy, evergreen, succulent shrub with rows of bright-green, sword-shaped leaves which areevenly arranged in crossed, opposite pairs along the stems and are held upright in a vertical position. The flowers appear in flat-topped clusters of small, cream... Read more »

  • Crassula sarmentosa

    Posted on by s2Found in forest areas between Knysna and the Transkei. This evergreen succulent grows prostrate with stems often quadrangular and with very small flowers with petals up to 4,5 mm in length. The succulent leaves are slightly toothed. Read more »

  • Zostera capensis

    Posted on by s2Flat, elongated and dark-green, grass-like plant, abundant in the lowest salt marsh, inter-tidal zone. The Knysna seahorse is understood to particularly thrive in areas of Zostera capensis vegetation. Read more »