Caesalpinea ferrea – Libidibia ferrea – Leopard tree – Luiperdboom
Formerly Caesalpinea ferrea, Libidibia ferrea got its common name ‘Leopard tree’ from its beautifully marked…
Sun Trees
Sun Trees
Polygala myrtifolia – September bush – Septemberbossie
The September bush is an evergreen glossy leafed shrub which bears large quantities of pink…
Combretum molle – Velvet bushwillow – Fluweelboswilg – umBondwe-omhlope
Native to areas which receive summer rainfall, the velvet bushwillow is a single trunked tree…
Apodytes dimidiata – white pear–Witpeer
The white pear is an evergreen tree up to 25m tall with an open spreading…
Indigofera frutescens – River indigo – Rivierverfbos
Indigofera frutescens is an evergreen shrub originating from the Western Cape. It can grow both…
Ficus natalensis – Natal fig – umThombe
An evergreen or semi-deciduous tree native to Southern Africa with a distribution stretching from Senegal…
Buddleja saligna – False olive – Witolienhout
The false olive is a very hardy evergreen tree characterised with a much-branched crown and…
Citharexylum spinosum – Fiddlewood
Fiddlewood is a pretty shrub or small tree native to the West Indies but is…
Sideroxylon inerme – white milkwood – melkhout
A low growing evergreen tree rarely found with a straight trunk. Sideroxylon inerme is an…
Spirostachys africana – Tamboti – Tambotie
The Tamboti tree is a medium sized semi-deciduous indigenous tree of South Africa naturally occurring…