Get to know 16 plants selected from Erongo. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Cotyledon orbiculata
An evergreen, succulent shrub growing to 100cm tall. Its grey-green, oval leaves are coated with a white wax and sometimes have a red edge. Small, bell-shaped, orange-redflowers are borne on stems up to 70cm long in late summer and autumn
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Euonymus japonicus
A bushy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub or small tree to a height of 4m, with dark green oval leaves. The flowers are small and greenish in colour; fruits are pink and orange, with a hint of white, but seldom produced
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Aloe vera
An evergreen perennial to 0.6m, forming rosettes of fleshy, narrow, dull green leaves with spiny margins, with long racemes of tubular greenish-yellow flowers 3cm in length in racemes to 90cm in length
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Ocimum basilicum
An aromatic tender annual or short-lived perennial, 30-60cm tall and 30cm wide, with bright green, elliptic leaves approximately 5cm long and 2-3cm wide. Many different cultivars available, varying in size and colour. Small, tubular white o
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Kniphofia uvaria
An herbaceous perennial reaching approximately 120cm in height when in flower with green, linear strap-like leaves and spikes of tubular orange flowers that emerge from firey red buds in summer and autumn.
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Dracaena sanderiana
A slender, erect shrub with cane-like stems and glossy green leaves with longitudinal white stripes. Makes an easy houseplant
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Tagetes erecta
A bushy annual from 50 to 120cm high with pinnate leaves divided into lanceolate leaflets up to 5cm long. Double flowers 5-10cm wide in shades of yellow, orange and white are produced from summer into autumn; both leaves and flowers are aro
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Nandina domestica
N. domestica is an elegant small evergreen shrub of upright, bamboo-like habit, the compound leaves with lanceolate leaflets, purplish when young and again in winter. Small white flowers in large panicles are followed by red berries
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Hydrangea macrophylla
A large, rounded, deciduous shrub with rather coarse, oval, dark green leaves to 20cm long. In mid- and late summer produces large, flattened flowerheads consisting of a few sterile, pink florets with large petals and many small, fertile, b
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
A compact evergreen shrub with ovate to broadly lance-shaped glossy dark green leaves. Single 5-petalled flowers 10cm across with yellow anthered red stamens are produced from the leaf axils from summer to autumn, though in cultivation semi
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Impatiens walleriana
Also commonly known as 'Busy Lizzie', 'Balsam', or simply 'Impatiens', this is a species of the genus Impatiens, native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. It is a tender herbaceous perennial plant but mostly grown as annual bedding
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Monstera deliciosa
M. deliciosa is an evergreen shrub to 5m or more, climbing by aerial roots, with heart-shaped, pinnatisect and often perforated, glossy deep green leaves to 90cm; flower spathes 30cm, white, followed by cone-like cream fruit
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Asparagus densiflorus
An evergreen houseplant grown for its bright green, densely feathery fronds which drape gracefully downwards with age. Rarely, insignificant pale flowers are produced which, if pollinated, may become red berries
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Prunus persica
A spreading, deciduous tree to 6m, with narrow, glossy, mid- to dark green leaves up to 15cm long. Bowl-shaped, pink or red flowers, 4cm across, are produced in spring, before the leaves, followed by spherical, downy, edible, red-blushed, y
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Ficus benjamina
An evergreen shrub or tree to 3m or more, with pendulous branches bearing glossy, slender-pointed ovate leaves to 12cm in length. Flowers insignificant, followed by reddish-orange fruits 1cm in length, becoming black
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Mandevilla sanderi
Mandevilla sanderi is an evergreen climbing shrub with opposite, leathery, elliptical leaves. It produces showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of pink or red with a yellow throat, blooming profusely from summer to autumn. The plant can r
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