drought tolerant

Berchemia discolor – Brown ivory – Voëlpruim – Nyiyi

Berchemia discolor, also known as the Brown Ivory tree, is a widespread tree or shrub… Read More »Berchemia discolor – Brown ivory – Voëlpruim – Nyiyi

Named in honour of an amateur botanist Rev Adam Buddle, Buddleja saligna is an evergreen… Read More »Buddleja saligna – False olive – Witolien – Mothlware

Senegalia caffra is an indigenous tree of South Africa whose genus name ‘Senegalia’ was derived… Read More »Senegalia caffra – Common hook thorn – Katdoring – Motholo

The wild olive is a neat well shaped evergreen tree with glossy green foliage and… Read More »Olea europaea subsp africana – Wild olive – Olienhout

The bottle brush aloe is a shrub or tree-like plant well known for its neat… Read More »Aloe spicata – Bottle brush aloe – Lebombo aloe

Fiddlewood is a pretty shrub or small tree native to the West Indies but is… Read More »Citharexylum spinosum – Fiddlewood

The Tamboti tree is a medium sized semi-deciduous indigenous tree of South Africa naturally occurring… Read More »Spirostachys africana – Tamboti – Tambotie

Dovyalis caffra is a thorny evergreen tree or shrub with a moderate growth rate and… Read More »Dovyalis caffra – Kei apple – Kei-appel – IsiZulu: umqokolo

Cassinopsis Ilicifolia is an indigenous Southern African shrub widely distributed from Zimbabwe to the Western… Read More »Cassinopsis ilicifolia-Lemon thorn-Lemoentjiedoring -Icegceya – ihlazane

Named after a professor of Botany at Gottigen, Halleria lucida is an evergreen or semi-deciduous… Read More »Halleria lucida – Tree fuschia – Notsung