Flowering Month: November

  • Gladiolus rogersii

    Posted on by s2This is a small fibre-covered corm with 2-4 narrow leaves. The flowers are more or less bell-shaped with the lower lobes being longer than the upper ones. The tall spikes carry many beautiful flowers. Read more »

  • Gladiolus grandiflorus

    Posted on by s2A very delicate species with 2 – 4 leaves very long leaves with thickening margins and tubular flowers that are heavily scented at night. The flowers are borne in a two to nine flower spike. Read more »

  • Gladiolus dalenii

    Posted on by s2This is a deciduous, evergreen perennial with sword-shaped leaves arranged in a loose fan. The flowers appear on tall spikes, all facing to one side, orange with yellow lower petals. Fond them along the tide path to Kingfisher Creek. Not... Read more »

  • Gerbera piloselloides

    Posted on by s2Stemless, compact perennial with tufted, obovate leaves tapering below. The flower heads are radiate and carried on tall stems. Not endemic to South Africa. Read more »

  • Gazania rigens

    Posted on by s2Sprawling mat-forming perennial. The leaves are mostly simple, alternate and oblanceolate and white-felted beneath. The flowers are a bright yellow and radiate. This plant occurs on coastal dunes and rocky outcrops along beaches from southern Cape to Mozambique. Read more »

  • Fumaria muralis

    Posted on by s2Not listed on NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed smothering other natural vegetation. A native of Europe which has been naturalized in waste places and gardens. Read more »

  • Ficinia indica

    Posted on by s2An ornamental perennial grass that forms a tuft up to 40cm in height. The spikelets are a rich chestnut colour. Its preferred natural habitats are the lower slopes of mountains or sandy flats. Read more »

  • Felicia amelloides

    Posted on by s2This shrublet is normally perennial and evergreen, much branched and carries strikingly beautiful solitary flowers which are blue with yellow disc. The leaves are opposite and almost elliptical, dark green on top and light green underneath. Read more »

  • Falkia repens

    Posted on by s2This is a thinly hairy, mat-forming rhizomatous perennial which grows in damp coastal flats and seeps. The leaves can have various shapes but they are generally broadly ovate  (hence the Afrikaans name : Little ears) with rounded tips and bases.... Read more »

  • Euryops pectinatus

    Posted on by s2‘Daisy’ bush from the north-western Cape that grows well in the Park. It has distinctive soft, grey-green foliage, is fast growing and evergreen, bearing bright yellow daisy-shaped flowers. Read more »