Plants

Some plants I have grown, admired, or desired.

Acanthus, Aquilegia, Aralia, Arcotis, Banksia, Bergenia, Brugmansia, Buddleja, Callistemon, Camellias, Clivia, Correa, Cymbidium, Dahlia, Daisy, Dianella, Diorama, Escalliona, Euphorbia, Europos, Fuchsia, Gaura, Gazania, Geum, Grevilea, Iris, Justicia, Lily Of The Valley, Lyrthrum salicaria, Metriosideros, Phalaenopsis, Plectranthus, Poppy, Portulaca, Roses, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sparaxis, Steptosolen jamesoni, Tagetes, Teucrium, Tulbaghia violacea, Viburnum, Zinnia

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Acanthus

Oyster plant. Large prickly flower spikes. Large leaves, very hardy, spreads readily.

Aquilegia

Granny’s bonnet, columbine, perennial, spreads readily from seed.

Aralia

Fatsia Japonica, Japanese Aralia. Evergreen large shiny, deeply lobed tropical appearance, flowers in autumn and produces dark berries in winter.

Arcotis

African daisy

Begonia

Begonia, flowering perennial, can be grown indoors.

Bergenia

Elephant ears is a hardy perennial, grows in shaded areas.

Brugmansia

Angles Trumpet, toxic plant

Correa Alba

White Correa

Eriocephalus Africanus

Common name wild rosemary. Small grey leaves, white flowers, hardy perennial. Leaves have a pleasant scent when squashed.

Gardenian jasminoides
(syn. G. augusta)

Gardenia ‘Florida’
Large, double milky white flowers amongst dark green leaves.

Gaura

2025, Gaura, Cosmos

Beeblossom, flowering plant in the family Oragraceae. Hardy perennial plant, dies down in winter and regrows in the spring, flowers for summer

Geum

Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’. A long flowering evergreen perennial forming solid clumps of coarse divided foliage to 60cm with masses of large ruffled soft tangerine orange flowers.

Justicia carnea

Justicia carnea

Brazilian plume flower, flamingo plant, perennial.

Lily Of The Valley Convallaria majalis

Lily Of The Valley. Grows from spreading rhizomes.

Salvia Wagneriana

Salvia, tall plant, grow against fence for support

Tagetes lemmonii

Mexican marigold. Foliage is pungent when disturbed.

Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia Carolina

Commonly called Black Eyed Susan. A perennial flowering plant. Rudbeckia has large flowers.

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