Flowering Month: November

  • Portulacaria afra

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis under-rated evergreen succulent shrub or small tree can be seen as you approach the Indigenous gardens on your left. With small, shiny green to yellow round leaves, it is well known to be part of elephants’ diet in many... Read more »

  • Clivia nobilis

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis evergreen fleshy bulb-like rhizome forms a tight clump as new suckers are produced and the plant becomes larger. It does well in light shade but grows much taller and more upright in dense shade. The height can therefore vary between... Read more »

  • Cestrum laevitigata

    Posted on by Di StrombergInvasive Status in South Africa: NEMBA Cat 1b Origin: South America Large evergreen shrub / tree the young leafy shoots and green berries of which are toxic. This poisonous plant has lance-shaped leaves and greenish-yellow, tube-shaped flowers, which appear from... Read more »

  • Solanum nigrum

    Posted on by Di StrombergNot listed in NEMBA legislation, however it is  troublesome  weed and can  smother and out compete other natural vegetation. Native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. It is also known as black nightshade. Parts of... Read more »

  • Commelina benghalensis

    Posted on by Di StrombergNot listed in NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed,  can  smother and out compete other natural vegetation. Currently being dealt with west of the Tennis courts. Commelina benghalesis is a common, widespread weed found throughout southern Africa, tropical Africa... Read more »

  • Lantana camara

    Posted on by Di StrombergInvasive Status in South Africa: NEMBA  Cat. 1b Origin: Central and South America A much-branched scabrid, upright arching or scrambling shrub.  This plant  reproduces by seeds, which are readily dispersed by birds and other animals (e.g. rodents) that eat the... Read more »

  • Anredera cordifolia

    Posted on by Di StrombergInvasive Status in South Africa: NEMBA Cat. 1b Origin: South America Madeira vine is a long-lived  twining or climbing plant,  the stems are hairless and grow in a twining fashion. Younger stems are green or reddish in colour and round... Read more »

  • Rhoicissus digitata

    Posted on by s2Usually a woody climber to 15 meter, occasionally a small bushy tree 3 – 4m in height. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets, (easily confused with Searsia species). Flowers greenish yellow on short stalks Nov. – Jan.  Fruit round, fleshy, purplish black.... Read more »

  • Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa

    Posted on by s2A medium to very  large tree with leaves which are stiffly leathery. Leaf blade is flat, but the margins are wavy. The oblong fruit is large turning from green to red to dark blue – much sort after by birds.... Read more »

  • Elaeodendron croceum

    Posted on by s2Evergreen medium size tree with grey-to dark brown bark. Leaves are leathery and serrated, dark green above and paler green with dark veins on the underside. It is a member of the Spike thorn family with pale yellow fruit that... Read more »