Coastal

A well-known hardy, evergreen plant that has attractive strap-like leaves and umbels of sky-blue flowers that are borne on long stalks from December to April. They make good cut flowers.

This perennial Gazania is native to the mountains of South Africa and produce large, daisy-like flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer. They are often planted as a drought-tolerant groundcover.

With its attractive mid-blue trumpet-shaped flowers, 'Blue Jay' makes a fine border plant or looks exquisite planted in a pot.

A South African registered variety of lavender that is tough, fragrant and flowers nearly all year round.

This dwarf cultivar of Carissa macrocarpa is a popular groundcover which seldom grows more than knee height. It forms a dense mat of attractive, glossy emerald green foliage.

The fire sticks plant resembles sea coral and is a striking evergreen succulent shrub. It is resilient to most pests and diseases.

The true Princess of the lavender world. This herbaceous perennial shrub has fantastic vivid pink flower heads with a tight, compact growing habit and grey-green foliage.

Excellent for mass planting, this perennial bears lavender coloured flowers in spring and early summer.

A beautiful variegated variety that will add a blaze of colour to your garden in late autumn and winter. Great cut flowers. Suitable for gardens with well-draining soil. Or plant in a pot. Water regularly initially.

This shrub is easy to grow and also almost completely disease and pest resistant.

These aloes known for its medicinal value create a great focal point with its candelabra-type, nectar-filled flowering head of many yellow-orange to red flowers. Spectacular where used in groups.

Superb for mass planting or containers this aloe has an unusually long flowering period of orange-red flowers.

Pure white flowers are borne early in spring. The flowers mature to a rich crimson colour., giving the plant a stunning bi-colour appearance of crimson, white and all shades in between

A compact and hardy lavender with mauve-lilac, butterfly-like petals on silver green aromatic foliage.

Bright orange flowers that turn a lovely pink as they mature. This species is ideal for coastal conditions and helps to attract birds to the garden.

Plumeria are small tropical trees with highly fragrant flowers that bloom freely from spring to autumn. TAKE NOTE: all parts of the Frangipani are considered mildly toxic.

This restio makes an attractive garden plant, and can be used for thatching. Elegia tectorum has an upright, symmetrical, tufted reed-like appearance with thin, dark green stems topped with dark brown flowers in slender compact spikes in autumn.

A striking and very popular ornamental tree that is tall, deciduous and fast growing with a distinctive greeny-yellow bark. It has sparse foliage that allows for sunlight to shine through which is perfect if you want other plants to grow underneath the tree.

The White Milkwood tree is one of your best options for a dense shade or screen or windbreak tree along the coastal areas, because it can withstand quite extreme weather conditions. If you need an instant large tree, you will have to look at investing in a big one as these trees are extremely slow growing!

Excellent for mass planting, this perennial, with its variegated leaves, bears lavender coloured flowers in spring and early summer.

A fairly hardy, pretty, succulent groundcover that looks fabulous cascading down a rockery or in a pot.

Brilliant, bright and bold this plant performs spectacularly in gardens. This compact variety produces a mass of cherry-red flowers and the leaves are aromatic and dark green in colour with wine-red tinges.

This prolific grower, lends itself to marvellous formal applications such as shaped balls, and clipped hedges. The silver-grey foliage makes a statement from afar and this plant should not be overlooked when planning a drought resistant garden.

A fast-growing shrub with purple-bronze foliage in winter, and cream-red papery-like seeds that provides fantastic contrast in the garden. Very suitable as a hedge, windbreak or screen.

The gorgeous glossy leaves of the mirror bush make them an excellent choice for gardens large and small. They add interest and contrast to garden beds and are excellent for coastal gardens. They are wonderful planted underneath trees and if used as a filler plant underneath palms, they create a tropical look in your garden.

Described as a 'wonder plant' this useful succulent makes a pretty focal point in sunny borders or decorative containers.

A fast growing and very tolerant palm with a columnar trunk and small rounded crown.

One of the most attractive indigenous trees, it bears fragrant, rose-pink, pea-like flowers in early spring. A popular choice for new, bare gardens as they grow so fast.

A twiggy evergreen shrub with aromatic gray-green leaves and lavender blue flowers. You will find this shrub buzzing with bees. Great for beds and borders especially in coastal gardens.

One the most popular horticultural perennials around the world. It flowers for long periods. Mandela's gold has yellow flowers and bright purple/blue inflorences and is an ideal pot plant and popular to use as cut flowers.

The dense growth of this plant ensures that they make excellent wind breakers and large screening shrubs. They make a beautiful clipped hedge and can be planted in a container and shaped. Great for bonsai enthusiasts.

A generous and tough succulent groundcover for city landscapes, with small purple-blue coloured flowers. It is believed to scare snakes away from human dwellings due to its fragrant foliage.

A tall palm tree with arching leaves. The lower leaves need to be cut off to keep this palm looking neat. Suitable for extremely large gardens.

A conical shaped tree with leaves that are used for weaving textile products.

Manzanillo Olive is one of Spain’s finest varieties and one of the most popular olive varieties for eating and for olive oil worldwide.

Can be grown as a fast growing evergreen tree or a large shrub with fine green leaves with small cream white bottlebrush-like flowers in summer. 

The flower can be described as a purple fairy with white wings. Lavender is a wonderful and fragrant addition to your garden.

The bay laurel is a large shrub or small tree that is grown for its aromatic foliage and lovely pyramidal shape. Its dark green, leathery leaves form a dense shrub. Excellent as an ornamental plant in a container and thrives in Western Cape coastal regions.

A small multi-stemmed palm with fan shaped leaves. This palm is ideal for smaller gardens or large containers.

This evergreen, structural plant forms a bulbous trunk-like stem, resembling an elephants foot. It's drought tolerant and hardy.

This pink, white or purple flowered buchu is an eye-catcher in a pot or in the garden when flowering.

An eye cather in any garden with mauve to purple flowers. Buchus have small, round oil glands on their leaves and fruit. Crushing the leaves of this buchu releases a sweet lemon scent. A threatened and endangered specie in its natural habitat.

Brilliant, bright and bold this plant performs spectacularly in gardens. This compact variety produces a mass of cherry-red flowers and the leaves are aromatic and dark green in colour with wine-red tinges.

An abundance of beautiful soft pink flowers borne from mid August. Will brighten up any garden. These flowers make stunning cut flowers and a short hedge. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.

Masses of bright pink flowers with dark crimson centres, cover this tall shrub during late winter and early spring. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.