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Ground covers 2010
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Ground covers (for both sunny and shady areas) are crucial garden features which need little maintenance if planted in an appropriate position. They hold the soil and keep it moist as well as keeping weeds under control. They can provide sundrenched carpets and banks of colour, or soft forest-floor effects. Try a scrambling Plectranthus on a shady bank, or plan for breathtaking cascades of blue Barleria on a sunny wall in late summer…
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Agapanthus minimus
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Dwarf Blue Agapanthus
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Evergreen clumping bulb, 30cm, sun, blue flowerheads.
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Agapanthus minimus
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Mini Blue Agapanthus
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Evergreen clumping bulb, 30cm, sun, blue flowerheads.
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Anchusa capensis
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Cape Forget-me-not
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Bright blue flowers on spikes above basal leaf rosette.
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Aptenia cordifolia
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Gold Heartleaf
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Prolific shade-loving succulent groundcover
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Arctotis arctotoides
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Red Arctotis
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Silver-leaved ground cover with bolood-red daisy flowers
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Arctotis calendula
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Cape Weed
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Groundcover, sun, yellow daisies. Drought-resistant.
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Arctotis sp.'cream'
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Orange Spreading Arctotis
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Low spreading groundcover, sun. Large orange daisies.
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Arctotis sp.'silver lining'
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Orange Spreading Arctotis
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Low spreading groundcover, sun. Large orange daisies.
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Asparagus densiflorus
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Basket Asparagus
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50cm, ground cover, sun/semi, red berries for birds.
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Asparagus densiflorus 'Cwebe'
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Cwebe Asparagus
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50cm, light/deep shade, dark green arching branches, new growth copper, red berries, good indoors
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Asparagus densiflorus 'Mazeppa'
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Mazeppa Asparagus
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50cm, ground cover, sun/semi, red berries for birds.
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Asparagus densiflorus 'meyers'
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Cat's Tail Asparagus
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50cm, good in a pot, decorative, sun/semi, red berries for birds.
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Asystasia gangetica
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Creeping Foxglove
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Vigorous ground cover for shade/semi-shade, white flowers. Butterflies and bees
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Barleria gueinzii
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Trailing Bush Violet
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2m, sun, large blue flowers in profusion
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Barleria obtusa X repens
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Pink hybrid Bush Violet
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50cm spreading soft shrub, bright pink flowers
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Barleria repens
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Red Creeping Barleria
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Ground cover, sun/shade, coral-red flowers.
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Becium pulchellum
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Cat's Whiskers
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30 cm, sun, white to pale mauve flowers, attracts Blues butterflies
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Bulbine abyssinica
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Bushy Bulbine
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40cm, full sun, bright yellow flowers.
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Bulbine frutescens
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Stalked Bulbine - yellow
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30cm, sun, yellow flowers. Sap heals some skin ailments.
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Bulbine natalensis
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Broad-leaved Bulbine
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Succulent, sun/shade, yellow flowers. Sap heals some skin ailments.
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Bulbine natalensis 'Umtamvuna'
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Broad-leaved Bulbine
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Succulent, sun/shade, yellow flowers. Sap heals some skin ailments.
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Carissa grandiflora
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Green Carpet
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Spiny ground cover, white flowers, red fruit for birds.
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Carpobrotus dimidiatus
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Dune Fig
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Mauve-flowered trailing succulent
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Carpobrotus edulis
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Cape Dune Fig
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Cream-flowered trailing succulent
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Chaetacanthus setiger
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Fairy Stars
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Low spreading groundcover, small white flowers, attracts butterflies
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Chlorophytum bowkeri
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Bowker's Chlorophytum
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Clumping ground cover with lovely 1m vertical stems of white flowers
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Chlorophytum comosum
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Green Hen-and-Chicken
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Attractive ground cover for shade, white flowers on vertical stems
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Chlorophytum comosum (varieg.)
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Var. Hen-and-chickens
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Attractive variegated ground cover for shade, potplant.
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Chlorophytum modestum
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'Gold Nugget'
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Compact, low-growing ground cover for light shade, variegated.
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Chlorophytum modestum
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'Green Nugget'
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Compact, low-growing ground cover for light shade
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Crassula capitella
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Gold-leaf Crassula
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Low-growing good for rockery, orange-tinged foliage; flowers attract insects
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Crassula expansa
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Dainty Crassula
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Miniature groundcover for sun/semi. Small white flowers.
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Crassula lanceolata
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Grassland Crassula
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20 cm, sun/shade, white flowers, red leaves in winter, butterflies
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Crassula multicava
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Fairy Crassula
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30cm, groundcover, sun/shade, clouds of pink flowers.
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Crassula multicava maroon
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Fairy Crassula
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30cm, groundcover, sun/shade, clouds of pink flowers.
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Crassula multicava 'purple'
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Maroon-leaf Fairy Crassula
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30cm, groundcover, sun/shade, clouds of pink flowers.
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Crassula pellucida
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Carpet Crassula
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Attractive semi-succulent ground cover for sun, white flowers
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Crassula sarmentosa
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Bushy Crassula
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30cm, low sprawling shrub for sun, white-pink flowers.
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Crassula spathulata
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Green Cushion
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Attractive round-leaved groundcover for sun/shade with white-pink starry flowers
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Crassula vaginata var. rubicunda
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Red Crassula
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50 cm, sun, lovely red flowers attract butterflies
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Cyanotis speciosa
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Doll's Powder-puff
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Ground cover for sun with mauve puffs of flowers
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Delosperma cooperi
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Free State Vygie
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Low-growing prolific succulent ground cover, sun, cerise flowers
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Delosperma rogersii
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Dwarf Yellow Vygie / Mesem
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Sun, good ground cover, pretty bright yellow flowers
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Delosperma rogersii
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Pink Delosperma
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Sun, good ground cover; pretty, bright flowers
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Delosperma rogersii
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Orange Delosperma
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Sun, good ground cover, pretty bright flowers
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Delosperma tradescantioides
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Trailing Vygie
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Trailing white-flowered ground cover for sun
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Diascia barbarae
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Spur-flower
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30cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. pink
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Spur-flower
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30cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. pink
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Spur-flower
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30cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. salmon
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Spur-flower
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30cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. white
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Spur-flower
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30cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting white flowers.
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Dymondia margaretae
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Silver Carpet
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10 cm, sun, well-drained soil, yellow daisies, good between paving stones
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Falckia repens
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White Carpet
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Attractive groundcover for sun with white-pink flowers
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Felicia amelloides
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Felicia
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40cm shrublet, sun, profuse white or blue daisies with yellow centres.
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Felicia amelloides 'varieg.'
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Variegated Felicia
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40cm shrublet, sun, profuse white daisies with yellow centres.
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Felicia erigeroides
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Wild Michaelmas Daisy
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50cm bushy shrublet, full sun, profuse white-pink daisies.
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Gazania rigens
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Yellow Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; brilliant yellow, large flowers.
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Gazania rigens
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White Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; brilliant white large flowers.
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Gazania rigens var. rigens
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Silver-leaf Trailing Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; brilliant yellow, large flowers.
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Gazania sp. X
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Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; large bright flowers of various colours.
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Geranium incanum
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Lace-Leaf Geranium
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Low spreading soft herb 40cm, sun, purple-magenta flowers.
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Gerbera jamesonii X
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Barberton Daisy
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30cm, sun, large striking flowers.
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Haplocarpha scaposa
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False Gerbera
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Groundcover with bicoloured leaves, yellow daisies
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Helichrysum petiolare
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Silver Lace
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Low-growing, hardy ground cover, sun, well-drained soil, creamy flowers
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Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelite'
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Limelite
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Low-growing, hardy ground cover, sun, well-drained soil, creamy flowers
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Helichrysum splendidum
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Cape Gold
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1m, aromatic grey-leaved groundcover for inland areas
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Isolepis prolifera
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Trailing Sedge
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20cm, fine-leaved plant for damp soil.
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Justicia protracta
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Veld Justicia
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Attractive shrublet, 50cm, sun, small white flowers
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Lampranthus aureus
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Yellow Vygie
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Succulent ground cover for sun, profuse colourful flowers.
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Lampranthus blandus
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White Vygie
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Succulent ground cover for sun, profuse white flowers.
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Lampranthus sp.
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Purple Vygie
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Succulent ground cover for sun, profuse purple flowers.
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Lampranthus sp.
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Vygie - mixed
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Succulent ground cover for sun, profuse colourful flowers.
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Lobelia anceps
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Trailing Blue Lobelia
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Good groundcover for damp sun. Mauve-blue flowers
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Murdannia simplex
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Murdannia
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Ground cover, 50cm, sun, moist soil, mauve flowers.
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Nemesia sp. X
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'Aromatica' mixed
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Delightful colourful 10cm plants for a window box
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Oplismenus hirtellus
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Creeping Forest Grass
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Grows well in shade. Birds eat the seeds.
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Oscularia deltoides
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Silver Teeth
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Attractive spreading silver-grey succulent with pink flowers
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Osteospermum jucundum 'Passion'
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'Passion Mix'
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'Passion Mix'
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Osteospermum sp.
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Hybrid Osteospermum
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Low growing scrambler, sun, showy flowers
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Osteospermum sp.'passion'
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White Trailing Daisy
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White Trailing Daisy
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Othonna carnosa
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Grey Othonna
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Low succulent grey groundcover with pretty yellow daisy flowers
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Pelargonium capitatum
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Rose-scented Pelargonium
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50cm sprawling ground cover pink flowers
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Pelargonium multicaule
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Rambling Pelargonium
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30 cm, sun, trailing shrublet, white-pink flowers.
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Pelargonium peltatum X
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Ivy Geranium
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Succulent trailing plant with cheerful clusters of mixed flowers
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Pelargonium pondoense
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Mauve Pelargonium
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Clumping herb, leaves with maroon underside, delicate dark pink flowers
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Pelargonium tongaense
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Tonga Pelargonium
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30cm, semi-shade, trailing with bright red flowers.
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Platycarpha glomerata
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Ground Rosette
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Flat ground cover, flower like a pink vernonia in centre
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Plectranthus aliciae
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Variegated Plectranthus
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Cheerful spreading ground cover, prefers partial shade.
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Plectranthus ciliatus
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Speckled Spur-flower
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40cm compact trailing plant, shade, attractive foliage.
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Plectranthus madagascariensis
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Variegated Plectranthus
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Cheerful spreading ground cover, prefers partial shade.
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Plectranthus neochilus
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Lobster Flower
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Groundcover for sun, mauve flowers, attracts butterflies
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Plectranthus oertendahlii
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Silver-leaved Spur Flower
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Ground cover, sun; brilliant yellow, large flowers.
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Plectranthus petiolaris
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Violet Plectranthus
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30cm, shade, spreading soft groundcover with violet-mauve flowers
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Plectranthus purpuratus
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Maroon Carpet
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Groundcover, 10cm, light shade, white flowers. Rare.
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Plectranthus verticillatus
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Gossip / Money Plant
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Good groundcover in light shade and for hanging baskets
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Plectranthus zuluensis
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Zulu Spur-flower
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50cm sprawling, semi-shade, pretty white/blue flowers.
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Portulaca quadrifida
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Wild Purslane
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Flat-growing, sun/shade, tiny yellow flowers; good for between paving stones
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Pseudechinolaena polystachya
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Dwarf Forest Grass
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Low-growing delicate grass for shady areas
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Ruellia cordata
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Veld Violet
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A low-growing ground cover, semi-shade, unusual blue flowers
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Ruschia lineolata
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Carpet of Stars
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Succulent ground cover, sun, small cerise flowers.
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Sansevieria hyacinthoides
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Dune Tongue Plant
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Spreading hardy semi-succulent with sweetly-scented pretty flower spikes
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Sansevieria parva
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Narrow-leaved Sansevieria
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Good succulent for rockery or pot
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Scabiosa africana
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Blue Scabious
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Low bushing delicate fili-foliage, good filler or groundcover.
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Selaginella kraussiana
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Moss Fern
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10cm, damp shade, good for between paving stones or rockery or as pot plant
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Stachys tubulosa
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Mauve Sage
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30 cm, shade, mauve flowers, good groundcover
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Sutera floribunda
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30cm low-growing g/cover with pretty white flowers
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