Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Use in South Africa |
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abundant Acacia Acacia spectabilis Acer axillary Azaleas beautiful berries branches bright buds bush caffra capensis climbers coast colour corymbs crimson Cupressus lusitanica cymes deciduous deciduous shrub deciduous tree districts easily raised evergreen evergreen shrub evergreen tree feet high feet in height floriferous flowering freely flowers in terminal Flowers white foliage forest free-flowering frost is absent frostless fruits garden genus grafting grown from seeds habit half-hardy hardy shrubs hedge Hibiscus syriacus inches long increased by cuttings japonica kinds leaves Leguminous light frosts moist Natal Plants panicles petals phyllodes pink pinnate Portuguese East Africa propagated by cuttings Proteaceous purple purplish racemes raised from seeds Rhamnus prinoides roots Roses scarlet flowers seldom shrub shrub or small shrublets shrubs or trees small tree soil South Africa species spinose stand frost sub-tropical suckers sweetly scented terminal panicles trees and shrubs tropical umbels usually variegated varieties vigorous worth cultivation yellow flowers