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Ground covers 2011
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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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Mini White Agapanthus
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Evergreen clumping bulb, 30cm, white flowerheads.
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Agapanthus minimus
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Dwarf Blue Agapanthus
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Evergreen clumping bulb, 30cm, blue flowerheads.
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Agapanthus minimus
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Dwarf White Agapanthus
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Evergreen clumping bulb, 30cm, white 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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1m, sun, spreads. Striped leaves in rosettes, pink flowers
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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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Arctotheca calendula
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Cape Weed
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Bright blue flowers on spikes above basal leaf rosette.
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Arctotis arctotoides
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Red Arctotis
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Groundcover, sun, yellow daisies. Drought-resistant.
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Arctotis sp.'pink'
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Pink Spreading Arctotis
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Low spreading groundcover, sun. Large pink 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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Arctotis sp.'yellow'
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Yellow Spreading Arctotis
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Low spreading groundcover, sun. Large orange daisies.
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Asparagus dens. 'meyers'
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Cat's Tail Asparagus
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50cm, ground cover, decorative, sun/semi, red berries for birds.
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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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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 obtusa
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Bush Violet
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50cm spreading soft shrub in sun, profuse blue flowers.
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Barleria obtusa X repens
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Purple Prince hybrid Bush Violet
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50cm fast growing spreading soft shrub, mauve 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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Bersama lucens
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Glossy White Ash
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Mat-forming perennial for marshy places, yellow flowers
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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 asphodeloides (frutescens)
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Stalked Bulbine - yellow
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Succulent shrublet, 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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Bulbine pallida
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Dwarf Bulbine
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10cm, semi-shade, orange-yellow flowers
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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, variegated.
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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 lineolata
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Grassland Crassula
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Attractive small-leaved groundcover for sun/shade with white flowers
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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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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, 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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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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Cyperus albostriatus
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Forest Star Sedge
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Good groundcover for shade. Indoor plant overseas.
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Delosperma minimum
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Grey-leaved Delosperma
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Succulent ground cover, sun, grey foliage, yellow 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 flowers
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Delosperma rogersii
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Cerise 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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30 cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia integerrima
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Spur-flower
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30 cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. pink
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Spur-flower
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30 cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting pink flowers.
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Diascia sp. salmon
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Spur-flower
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30 cm, sun, profuse, long-lasting salmon-pink flowers.
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Dietes iridioides
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Small Wild Iris
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60cm, sun/shade; pretty, white flowers all year.
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Dimorphotheca jucunda
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Trailing Daisy
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Trailing ground cover, morning sun, large daisies.
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Drimiopsis maculata
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Spotted-leaf Drimiopsis
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Attractive ground cover for shade, potplant. Cute little lilies.
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Drosanthemum hispidum
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Perennial Iceplant
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Rambling floriferous ground cover good for dry sunny banks
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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 blue 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
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Trailing Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; brilliantly coloured large flowers.
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Gazania rigens
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Cream Gazania
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Ground cover, sun; brilliant cream, 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 ambigua
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Pink and White Gerbera
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30cm, sun, white daisies pink underneath
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Gerbera jamesonii X
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Barberton Daisy
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30cm, sun, beautiful, 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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Isoglossa cooperii
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Mauve Isoglossa
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Attractive ground cover for shade with mauve flowers
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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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Kalanchoe rotundifolia
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Common Kalanchoe
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30cm, sun, succulent ground cover, yellow or orange-red 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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Pale pink Vygie
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Succulent ground cover for sun, profuse pale pink 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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Microsorium scolopendrium
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Dune Fern
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Pleasing groundcover for sun or shade. Also for hanging baskets.
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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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Osteospermum jucundum 'Passion'
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'Passion Mix'
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Trailing ground cover, morning sun, large daisies.
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Osteospermum sp.
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Hybrid Osteospermum
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Trailing ground cover, morning sun, large daisies.
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Osteospermum sp.
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Osteospermum "serenity"
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Low growing scrambler, sun, showy flowers
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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 multicaule
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Rambling Pelargonium
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30 cm, sun, trailing shrublet, white-pink 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 amboinicus
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Country Borage
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50cm, sun, aromatic leaves used in cooking instead of origanum
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Plectranthus ciliatus
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Speckled Spur-flower
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40cm spreading, 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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20cm, light shade. Attractive foliage, excellent in a hanging basket
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Plectranthus oertendahlii
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Oribi Plectranthus
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20cm, light shade. Attractive foliage, excellent in a hanging basket
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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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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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Portulacaria afra 'nana'
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Spekboom
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Drought-resistant succulent ground cover for sun; holds soil.
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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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Ruschia lineolata
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Carpet of Stars
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Low growing dense groundcover, pink flowers, binds banks.
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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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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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Trainling Phlox
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Low spreading plant, sun, white flowers.
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Sutera pauciflora
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Trailing Phlox
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Edging/filler, sun, cold areas, white flowers.
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