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Schotia brachypetala – Weeping boerbean – Molope

A beautiful tree with a wide-spreading, rounded crown. The Weeping boerbean usually remains evergreen in… Read More »Schotia brachypetala – Weeping boerbean – Molope

A beautiful semi-deciduous tree with an open rounded crown. In South Africa, Philenoptera violacea is… Read More »Philenoptera violacea – Apple leaf – Appelblaar

Calpurnia aurea is an indigenous semi-evergreen to evergreen tree named after T. Julius Calpurnius, a… Read More »Calpurnia aurea – Wild laburnum – Geelkeurboom – Umkhiphampethu

A must have for a wildlife garden! Kiggelaria africana attracts a wide range of birds, butterflies and… Read More »Kiggelaria africana – Wild peach tree – Wilde perskeboom – uMunwe

An attractive small to medium sized tree that can grow as deciduous or evergreen depending… Read More »Heteropyxis natalensis – Lavender tree – Laventelboom

The September bush is an evergreen glossy leafed shrub which bears large quantities of pink… Read More »Polygala myrtifolia – September bush – Septemberbossie

Native to areas which receive summer rainfall, the velvet bushwillow is a single trunked tree… Read More »Combretum molle – Velvet bushwillow – Fluweelboswilg – umBondwe-omhlope

Indigenous to South Africa and other countries like Arabia, Madagascar and India, Pittosporum vidiflorum is… Read More »Pittosporum vidiflorum – Cheesewood – Kasuur – Umphushamvu

Classified as evergreen or semi-deciduous, Combretum kraussii is a fast-growing tree reaching a mature height… Read More »Combretum kraussii-forest bushwillow-bosvaderlandswilg

Nuxia congesta is a small, evergreen tree or shrub whose specific name ‘congesta’ was derived… Read More »Nuxia congesta – Common wild elder – Gewone wildevlier