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WESTERN CAPE
Winter rainfall region
We include all 3 vegetation types here - Fynbos: > 500mm rain/ annum, frost in the high-lying inland areas. Sandy soils. Strandveld: 300-500mm annual rainfall. Sandy soils. (Cape Flats, coastal Western Cape and coastal West Coast).Cape Metropole, Boland, Swartland, Overberg,
and the Garden Route & Tsitskikamma.
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TREES
SMALL

Buddleja saligna

Burchellia bubalina

Clausena anisata

Crotalaria capensis

Euclea crispa

Galpinia transvaalica

Grewia occidentalis

Halleria lucida

Pappea capensis

Rothmannia globosa

Scolopia mundii

Searsia chirindensis

Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Zanthoxylum capense
TREES - MEDIUM

Calodendrum capense

Cussonia spicata

Euclea crispa

Galpinia transvaalica

Heteromorpha arborescens

Ilex mitis

Kiggelaria africana

Pappea capensis

Ptaeroxylon obliquum

Scolopia mundii

Searsia chirindensis

Searsia lancea

Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Vachellia karroo
TREES - LARGE

Apodytes dimidiata

Cussonia spicata

Ilex mitis

Kiggelaria africana

Ptaeroxylon obliquum
shrub
SHRUBS
SMALL SHRUBS - SUN
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Anisodontea hybrid Classic Cerise

Anisodontea scabrosa

Coleaonema species

Crassula ovata

Eriocephalus africanus

Euphorbia mauritanica

Felicia muricata subsp. muricata

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Gomphostigma virgatum

Gomphostigma virgatum

Helichrysum petiolare

Hypoestes aristata

Lessertia frutescens

Leucospermum cordifolium

Leucospermum oleifolium
SMALL SHRUBS - SEMI-SHADE

Anisodontea hybrid Classic Cerise

Coleaonema species

Crassula ovata

Gomphostigma virgatum

Helichrysum petiolare

Hypoestes aristata

Ochna serrulata

Pelargonium X fragrans

Pelargonium cucullatum

Polygala myrtifolia
SMALL SHRUBS - SHADE

Hypoestes aristata

Plectranthus fruticosus
Sh medium
MEDIUM SHRUBS - SUN
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Anisodontea hybrid Classic Cerise

Carissa bispinosa

Coleaonema species

Crassula ovata

Diospyros lycioides

Diospyros whyteana

Dodonea viscosa var. angustifolia

Ehretia rigida

Euphorbia mauritanica

Freylinia lanceolata

Grewia occidentalis

Halleria elliptica

Lauridia tetragona

Leonotis leonurus

Leucospermum cordifolium
MEDIUM SHRUBS - SEMI-SHADE

Anisodontea hybrid Classic Cerise

Carissa bispinosa

Coleaonema species

Crassula ovata

Diospyros whyteana

Grewia occidentalis

Halleria elliptica

Lauridia tetragona

Mundulea sericea

Plumbago auriculata

Polygala myrtifolia

Trichocladus crinitus
MEDIUM SHRUBS - SHADE

Halleria elliptica

Plectranthus fruticosus

Trichocladus crinitus
Sh large
LARGE SHRUBS - SUN
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Buddleja saligna

Buddleja salviifolia

Burchellia bubalina

Canthium inerme

Crotalaria capensis

Diospyros lycioides

Diospyros whyteana

Dodonea viscosa var. angustifolia

Dovyalis caffra

Ehretia rigida

Freylinia lanceolata

Grewia occidentalis

Lauridia tetragona

Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. moniliferum

Rothmannia globosa
LARGE SHRUBS - SEMI-SHADE

Buddleja salviifolia

Burchellia bubalina

Canthium inerme

Diospyros whyteana

Dovyalis caffra

Grewia occidentalis

Lauridia tetragona

Rothmannia globosa

Searsia chirindensis
LARGE SHRUBS - SHADE
Perennials
PERENNIALS
SUN
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Arctotis stoechadifolia

Aristea capitata

Cyanotis speciosa

Felicia echinata

Felicia muricata subsp. muricata

Gazania krebsiana

Geranium incanum

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Kniphofia linearifolia

Kniphofia uvaria

Nemesia fruticans

Osteospermum muricatum subsp. muricatum

Pelargonium reniforme

Scabiosa africana incisa columbaria hybrids

Senecio speciosus

Wachendorfia thyrsiflora
PERENNIALS - SEMI-SHADE

Aristea capitata

Impatiens hochsteteri

Pelargonium reniforme

Plectranthus verticillatus

Senecio speciosus

Wachendorfia thyrsiflora
PERENNIALS - SHADE

Impatiens hochsteteri

Plectranthus verticillatus
Succulents
SUCCULENTS
SUN
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Aloe ferox

Bulbine abyssinica

Bulbine frutescens

Cotyledon orbiculata

Crassothonna cacalioides

Crassula arborescens

Crassula capitella

Crassula spathulata

Curio crassulifolius

Drosanthemum hispidum

Euphorbia clavaroides

Glottiphyllum depressum

Lampranthus amoenus
SUCCULENTS - SEMI-SHADE

Bulbine frutescens

Cotyledon orbiculata

Crassothonna cacalioides

Crassula spathulata

Euphorbia clavaroides
SUCCULENTS - SHADE

Crassula spathulata
Groundcovers
GROUNDCOVERS
SUN
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Agapanthus africanus

Arctotis stoechadifolia

Chaenostoma cordatum

Cotula sericea

Crassothonna cacalioides

Crassula rubricaulis

Crassula spathulata

Drosanthemum hispidum

Falkia repens

Felicia amelloides

Gazania krebsiana

Gazania rigens

Geranium incanum

Helichrysum petiolare

Helichrysum teretifolium
GROUNDCOVERS- SEMI-SHADE

Cotula sericea

Crassothonna cacalioides

Crassula spathulata

Dyschoriste setigera

Falkia repens

Helichrysum petiolare

Pelargonium reniforme

Plectranthus verticillatus
GROUNDCOVERS- SHADE

Plectranthus verticillatus

Crassula spathulata

Dyschoriste setigera
Bulbs
BULBS
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Agapanthus africanus

Albuca bracteata

Boophone disticha

Kniphofia linearifolia

Kniphofia uvaria

Ornithogalum juncifolium

Zantedeschia aethiopica
Low water
LOW WATER NEEDS

Agapanthus africanus

Albuca bracteata

Aloe ferox

Apodytes dimidiata

Arctotis stoechadifolia

Aristida junciformis

Boophone disticha

Buddleja saligna

Buddleja salviifolia

Bulbine abyssinica

Bulbine frutescens

Burchellia bubalina

Carissa bispinosa

Clematis brachiata

Coleaonema species
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