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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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Bushmans poison
Acokanthera oppositifolia |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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False olive
Buddleja saligna |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Tree
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Num-num
Carissa bispinosa |
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Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
Perennial
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River Bushwillow
Combretum erythrophyllum |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Bladder-nut
Diospyros whyteana |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Shade
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Puzzle Bush
Ehretia rigida |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
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Broadpod Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza burkei |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Wire Grass
Elionurus muticus |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Climax species
Sub-climax species
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Grass
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Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Bush Maerua
Maerua cafra |
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Supports birds
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
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Koko Tree
Maytenus undata |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Shrub
Tree
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African Olive
Olea europaea africana |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Mountain Hardpear
Olinia emarginata |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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African Sandalwood
Osyris lanceolata |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Tree
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Jacket plum
Pappea capensis |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Cape Cheesewood
Pittosporum viridiflorum |
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Supports birds
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Tree
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Wild Gardenia
Rothmannia capensis |
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Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Tree
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Small knobwood
Zanthoxylum capense |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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