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Woody shrubs 2009
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These are a tremendous resource for the gardener as together with trees they provide the real long-term substance and texture of the garden. Note that many of these shrubs can actually serve as trees in smaller gardens.
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Acokanthera oppositifolia
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Common Poison-bush
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Beautiful shrub for semi-shade, clusters of scented white flowers
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Allophylus dregeanus
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Forest False Currant
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Shrub / small tree for shade, sprays of red berries for birds
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Allophylus natalensis
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Dune False Currant
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Large shrub/small tree for sun. Profuse red berries, glossy foliage. Good in pots. Birds.
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Anastrabe integerrima
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Pambati Tree
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Small-medium tree with braille-like trunk; yellow snapdragon flowers
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Bauhinia galpinii
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Pride-of-De-Kaap
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Scrambler, sun, 3m, orange flowers, sunbirds.
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Bauhinia natalensis
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Natal Bauhinia
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Shrub, 2m, sun. Pretty, white flowers all year.
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Bauhinia tomentosa
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Yellow Bell Bauhinia
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Shrub, 3m, sun, yellow flowers all year. These ones good for bonsai.
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Bowkeria verticillata
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Natal Shell-flower Bush
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Attractive large shrub, sun; scented white waxy flowers.
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Buddleja auriculata
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Weeping Sage
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Large shrub, sun, lovely scented flowers, butterflies.
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Buddleja glomerata
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Miesbos
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4 m shrub, full sun, yellow flowers, attracts butterflies
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Buddleja saligna
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False Olive
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4m tree, sun, honey-scented cream flower heads.
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Buddleja salviifolia
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Sagewood (White)
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Large shrub, sun, scented white flowers, butterflies.
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Burchellia bubalina
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Wild Pomegranate
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3m, sun/semi-shade, orange flowers, attracts birds
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Buxus macowanii
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Cape Box
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Small tree, small leathery leaves, beautiful container plant
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Buxus natalensis
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Natal Box
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Shrub, neat shape, shade, nest sites.
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Calpurnia aurea
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Natal Laburnum
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Small tree, sun/semi-shade; pretty, yellow flowers.
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Carissa bispinosa
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Forest Num-num
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Shrub for shade with lovely scented white flowers and bright red edible fruit eaten by birds
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Carissa edulis
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Small Num-num
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3m, sun, fragrant white flowers, edible red fruit
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Carissa macrocarpa
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umthungulu
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Shrub, sun, white flowers, tasty red fruit, hedge/barrier plant. Birds.
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Cassinopsis illicifolia
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Lemon Thorn
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2-5m, sun/shade, shiny small leaves, orange fruit, spiny hedge
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Catunaregam spinosa
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Thorny Bone-apple
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Large shrub, sun/shade, scented cream to yellow flowers, barrier plant
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Coddia rudis
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Small Bone-apple
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1.5m shrub, sun/semi-shade, small hanging white flowers, birds. Good container plant
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Coffea racemosa
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Mozambique Coffee
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Shrub for shade with glossy leaves and lovely white-pink scented flowers
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Croton pseudopulchellus
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Small Lavender Croton
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Large shrub, beautiful silvery foliage and shape. Light shade.
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Cryptocarya wyliei
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Red Quince
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Shrub, light shade, attractive blue-green foliage, red fruit for birds.
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Deinbollia oblongifolia
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Dune Soap-berry
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Shrub/small tree, sun/shade, excellent for birds, butterflies.
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Dichrostachys cinerea
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Sickle Bush
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Multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with colourful pink and yellow flowers
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Diospyros scabrida
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Coastal Bladder-nut
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Multi-stemmed shrub for sun with attractive leaves and unusual fruits; good hedge or bonsai plant
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Diospyros whyteana
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Bladder-nut
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4-7m shrub or small tree, good hedge, attractive leaves; red fruit
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Dodonaea angustifolia
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Sand Olive
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Large shrub/small tree, sun, screen, holds soil, pink winged seeds.
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Dovyalis caffra
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Kei Apple
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Good spiny hedge plant, sun/semi-shade, fruit in female for birds
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Dovyalis longispina
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Natal Apricot
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Thorny barrier plant. Edible fruit attracts birds.
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Dovyalis rhamnoides
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Common Sourberry
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Large shrub/small tree, sun/semi-shade. Tasty fruit; good barrier plant.
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Dovyalis zeyheri
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Wild Apricot
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1m, dry sun, forms clumps of grey leaves; inflorescences of red and yellow flowers
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Duvernoia aconitiflora
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Small Pistol Bush
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3m, sun, bushy, masses of two-lipped pale yellow flowers. Sunbirds.
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Duvernoia adhatodoides
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Pistol Bush
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Attractive large shrub, sun/semi-shade. Long-lasting white flowers with maroon markings.
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Ehretia rigida
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Puzzle Bush
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4m, shrub, tangled branches. Lovely lilac flowers. Birds.
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Erythrina humeana
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Dwarf Coral Tree
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2m deciduous shrub, sun, beautiful scarlet flowers, sunbirds.
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Eugenia verdoorniae
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Small-leaved Myrtle
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Shrub. Beautiful spring leaves. Cream flowers, red fruit. Rare.
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Flueggea verrucosa
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Fishes eyes
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1-3m, sun, much branched form, white berries for birds
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Freylinia lanceolata
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Honey-bell Bush
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Shrub 2m, sun/semi, profuse delicate cream flowers.
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Freylinia tropica
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Purple Freylinia
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Upright sprawling shrub 2m, sun/semi, profuse delicate purple flowers.
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Freylinia tropica
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White Freylinia
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Upright sprawling shrub 2m, sun/semi, profuse delicate white flowers.
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Freylinia tropica
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Blue Freylinia
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Upright sprawling shrub 2m, sun/semi, profuse delicate blue flowers.
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Gardenia thunbergia
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White Gardenia
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Small angular tree, sun/semi. Large, scented white flowers.
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Gardenia volkensii
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Savanna Gardenia
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Large woody shrub, sun, profuse large scented white flowers fading to yellow
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Gonioma kamassi
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Kamassi
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Small tree, shade, scented white flowers. Hard to find!
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Grewia lasiocarpa
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Forest Raisin
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Small scrambling tree, sun/semi-shade. Large pink flowers, birds.
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Grewia pondoensis
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Pondo Cross-berry
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Small scrambling tree, sun, pretty pink flowers; birds.
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Greyia sutherlandii
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Natal Bottlebrush
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Small tree, full sun, lovely red flowers, birds. Does well in Kloof and inland.
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Indigofera jucunda
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River Indigo
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Pretty large shrub/small tree, sun. Profuse pink flowers.
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Indigofera micrantha
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Small White Indigo
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Small shrub, shade, delicate leaves, small white flowers.
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Karomia speciosa
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Wild Parasol Flower
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Shrub, 2-5m, sun, free-flowering, mauve flowers
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Kraussia floribunda
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Rhino-coffee
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Shrub, damp sun / shade, birds enjoy the sweet fruit
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Leucosidea sericea
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Ouhout
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Small silvery gnarled tree, does well in cold climates
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Mackaya bella
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River Bells
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3m, light shade, rich damp soil. Large palest mauve flowers.
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Maytenus procumbens
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Dune Koko Tree
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Shrub, sun/semi, orange seeds, birds. Takes seawinds.
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Metarungia longistrobus
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Sunbird Bush
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2m, sun/semi. Orange flowers for many months attract sunbirds.
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Metarungia pubinervia
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Red Sunbird Bush
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2m, shade, red flowers for birds. Newly cultivated - a find!
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Mitriostigma axillare
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Small False Loquat
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Woody small shrub, sun/shade, scented white flowers. Orange fruit for birds.
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Ochna serrulata
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Carnival Bush
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Delightful neat shrub for sun. Profuse scented yellow flowers and red calyxes
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Oncoba spinosa
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Snuffbox Tree
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Small tree. Large white and yellow flowers, hard fruit.
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Passerina rigida
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Dune Gonna
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Weeping shrub for coastal gardens. Decorative.
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Pavetta lanceolata
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Weeping Bride's Bush
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2m shrub, sun/semi, pretty white flowers, birds.
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Pavetta revoluta
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Dune Bride's Bush
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Shrub, sun/shade. Beautiful white bunches of flowers.
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Phyllanthus reticulata
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Potato Bush
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Scandent shrub, sun/semi, small berries for birds.
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Polygala myrtifolia
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September Bush
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Attractive shrub, purple-pink flowers
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Protea cynaroides
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King Protea
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Spreading evergreen shrub, sun, large pink flowers.
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Psychotria capensis
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Black Bird-berry
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Large shrub for shade, yellow flowers, birds. Good indoor plant.
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Rhamnus prinoides
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Dogwood
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Shrub, sun/light shade, glossy foliage, berries for birds.
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Rhus crenata
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Dune Crow-berry
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3m shrubby tree, sun, blue fruit for birds.
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Rhus natalensis
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Natal Karree
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Coastal hedge plant sun/semi-shade; new leaves red; fruit for birds
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Rothmannia globosa
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September Bells
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Shrub-small tree, sun, profuse beautiful scented cream flowers.
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Ruttya hypocrateriformis
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Red Ruspolia
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Scrambling shrub, sun, bunches of reddish flowers
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Schrebera alata
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Jasmine Tree
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Large shrub for sun/semi-shade with lovely scented white-pink flowers
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Scutia myrtina
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Cat-thorn
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Spiny vigorous scrambler, good barrier plant, berries for birds
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Standards assorted
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Standard
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Shrub suitable for shaping into neat lollipops for a formal garden
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Syzygium pondoense
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Pondo Waterwood
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Attractive shrub, sun/semi-shade, in wet soil, rare.
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Tarenna littoralis
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Dune Butterspoon Bush
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Decorative Maputaland small tree, cream flowers; birds eat fruit
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Tecoma capensis
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Yellow Cape Honeysuckle
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Scandent shrub, sun/semi, yellow flowers, birds. Good hedge plant.
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Tecoma capensis
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Peach Cape Honeysuckle
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Scandent shrub, sun/semi, peach flowers, birds. Good hedge plant.
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Tecoma capensis
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Salmon Cape Honeysuckle
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Scandent shrub, sun/semi, salmon flowers, birds. Good hedge plant.
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Tecoma capensis
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Apricot Cape Honeysuckle
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Scandent shrub, sun/semi, apricot flowers, birds. Good hedge plant.
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Thespesia acutiloba
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Tulip Tree
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Small drooping tree with yellow to orange Hibiscus-like flowers
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Tricalysia sonderiana
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Coast Coffee
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Scrambling shrub for sun/shade, scented cream flowers, birds eat fruit, good hedge plant
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Trichocladus ellipticus
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White Hazel
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3 - 7m shrub, shade, goldish flowers with unusual spherical shape
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Turraea obtusifolia
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Small Honeysuckle Tree
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Lovely 2m rounded shrub, profuse white flowers all year, shiny leaves, orange-red fruit.
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Xylotheca kraussiana
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African Dog-rose
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Small tree, sun, large showy white flowers, good for birds and butterflies.
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