Regional Guide - South Africa
Regional Guide - Western Cape
Regional Guide - Western Cape Coast
Regional Guide - Northern Cape
Regional Guide - Southern Cape
Regional Guide - Eastern Cape Interior
Regional Guide - Eastern Cape Coastal Strip
Regional Guide - Western Free State
Regional Guide - Eastern Free State
Regional Guide - Gauteng
Regional Guide - Northwest
Regional Guide - Limpopo
Regional Guide - Mpumalanga
Regional Guide - Lowveld
Regional Guide - Kwazulu-Natal Highveld
Regional Guide - Kwazulu-Natal Mist Belt
Regional Guide - Kwazulu-Natal Coast

Regional Guide - Southern Cape

This region stretches between the Gamtoos- and Gourits River, and the Tsitsikamma mountains and the sea in the south.

Rainfall: Rainfall occurs mostly during spring and autumn, but also throughout the year.
Temperatures: Summer - warm to hot.
Winters -cool and damp.

The following list shows those indigenous plants easiest to grow in this area:


Trees

Acacia albida (Ana tree)

Acacia sieberana var. woodii (Paperbark acacia)

Acacia xanthophloea (Fever tree)

Bauhinia galpinii (Pride of De Kaap)

Burchellia bubalina (Wild pomegranate)

Calodendron capense Cape chestnut)

Celtis africana (White stinkwood)

Cunonia capensis (Red alder)

Cussonia paniculata (Highveld cabbage tree)

Dais cotinifolia (Pompon tree)

Dombeya burgessiae (Wedding flower)

Dombeya natalensis

Dombeya rotundifolia (Wild pear)

Dombeya tileacea

Ekebergia capensis (Cape ash)

Harpephyllum caffrum (Wild plum)

Olea capensis (False, black iron wood)

Olea europaea ssp. Africana (Wild olive)

Podocarpus elongatus (Breede River yellowwood)

Podocarpus falcatus (Outeniqua yellowwood)

Podocarpus henkelii (Natal- or Henkel’s yellowwood)

Schotia afra (Karoo-boeboon)

Virgilia divaricata (Pink blossom tree)

Shrubs

Alberta magna (Natal flame bush, Alberta)

Barleria obtusa (Violet bush)

Buddleia salviifolia (Sage wood, Sage-leaved buddleia)

Coleonema album (White confetti bush)

Coleonema pulchrum (Confetti bush)

Gardenia amoena

Gardenia thunbergia (White, Starry gardenia)

Hibiscus pedunculatus (Pink hibiscus)

Ochna atropurpurea (Bird’s eye bush, carnival bush)

Plumbago auriculata (Cape leadwort)

Syzygium cordatum (Water beetle)

Tecomaria capensis (Cape honeysuckle)

Climbers

CLIMBERS

Jasminum multipartitum

Senecio elegans (Wild cineraria)

Senecio tamoides (Canary creeper)

Herbaceous Perennials and Bulbous Plants

Agapanthus africanus (Lily of the Nile)

Agapanthus hybrids

Amaryllis belladonna (Amaryllis, Belladonna or March lily)

Arctotis fastuosa (African daisy)

Arctotis x hybrida (African daisy)

Asparagus densiflorous ‘Compactus’

Asparagus densiflorus (Basket asparagus)

Babiana stricta (Bobbejaantjie, Wine cup, Babiana)

Clivia miniata (Bush, Fire lily)

Crinum bulbispermum (Orange River lily)

Cyrtanthus contractus (Fire lily)

Cyrtanthus mackenii (Ifafa lily)

Cyrtanthus obliquus (Knysna lily)

Freesia refracta (Common freesia )

Galtonia candicans (Berg lily, Cape or Summer hyacinth)

Gazania krebsiana (Gazania)

Geranium incanum (Carpet geranium)

Gladiolus alatus (Kalkoentjie, Little turkey)

Gladiolus blandus Bergpypie, Painted lady)

Gladiolus cardinalis (New Year lily)

Gladiolus carinatus (Sandpypie)

Gladiolus liliaceus (Brown afrikaner, ribbokblom)

Gladiolus tristis (Yellow marsh afrikaner)

Gloriosa superba (Glory or Flame lily)

Ixia hybrid

Kniphofia breviflora

Kniphofia x praecox (Red-hot poker)

Lachenalia

Lampranthus aureus (Vygie, Ice flower)

Lampranthus roseus (Red vygie, Mesembryanthemum)

Osteospermum ecklonis (Van Stadens River daisy)

Pelargonium

Pelargonium peltatum (Ivy-leafed geranium, Trailing geranium)

Sparaxis elegans (White kaleidoscope flower)

Strelitzia augusta (Great white strelitzia)

Tritonia crocata (Blazing star)

Watsonia aletroides (Rooipypie)

Annuals
With adequate watering most annuals will grow successfully in this region.