Flowering Month: November

  • Chaenostoma campanulatum

    Posted on by s2A hairy perennial, compact little plant producing runners. The leaves are coarsely toothed, The tiny, broadly funnel-shaped white flowers appear mainly from mid-winter to mid-summer. This plant is found before the shrubbery, in the long grass west of the tennis... Read more »

  • Centella asiatica

    Posted on by s2Prostrate creeping, evergreen perennial, spreading with stolons and rooting at nodes. It has kidney-shaped leaves with indented margins, growing in marshy or damp places. In summer, it bears clusters of tiny inconspicuous pinkish-red flowers in groups of three, hidden under... Read more »

  • Carpobrotus deliciosus

    Posted on by s2Robust succulent perennial with trailing stems which quickly forms a dense ground cover. The leaves are finger-like are triangular in cross-section and the flowers are pink. It has a long flowering period, nearly all year round. Read more »

  • Carissa macrocarpa

    Posted on by s2This fast growing thorny shrub / small tree is widely seen in Steenbok. The young branches are green and all parts of the plant exude a white, milky, non-toxic latex. The beautiful white flowers give way to red fleshy fruit from... Read more »

  • Bulbine frutescens

    Posted on by s2This clump forming succulent perennial is a popular waterwise garden plant. Producing star-shaped flowers in Spring and Summer carried on upright, spreading racemes. They are followed by small fruit containing black seeds which are dispersed by wind. First Aid plant!... Read more »

  • Bonatea speciosa

    Posted on by s2This deciduous terrestrial orchid is a show stopper when in bloom. The somewhat different looking green and white flowers appear in a cylindrical spike that are highly fragrant at night. In the dormant season, the arial part of the plant... Read more »

  • Asparagus virgatus

    Posted on by s2Stiffly erect with slender spineless stems and thread-like leaves. Flowers solitary along the branches. Berries are red. Can be seen in Indigenous Garden but naturally found in scrub and forest Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe. Read more »

  • Asparagus setaceus

    Posted on by s2This evergreen perennial climber found along the Links Drive pole fence at the west end of the Reserve. The green stems are soft and fern like, bearing the inconspicuous 4 mm bell-shaped flowers at their tips . The flowers are... Read more »

  • Asparagus falcatus

    Posted on by s2Tall evergreen climber with pale grey stems bearing short, hooked thorns that cling onto neighbouring plants to reach sunlight. The white, star-shaped and fragrant flowers appear in elongate inflorescences, often in profusion and are followed by red berries. Read more »

  • Asparagus densiflorus “Meyerii“

    Posted on by s2Not indigenous to the Garden Route but found naturally from Eastern Cape to Mozambique. It is a beautifully erect plant with cylindrical branches which are slightly curved at their tips (looking like a cat’s tail), and densely covered in bright... Read more »