• SOUTH AFRICAN INDIGENOUS GARDEN PLANTS, the gardener's guide

SOUTH AFRICAN INDIGENOUS GARDEN PLANTS, the gardener's guide

: Pooley (E.), Nichols (G.) & Hankey (A.)

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616pp., colour illus., hardback, Struik Nature, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781775846505

 

Covers some 2,400 indigenous plants, including bulbs, orchids, succulents, fynbos, grasses, trees and shrubs, with tips on how to attract wildlife to the garden.

"This book will go a long way to inspire home gardeners and professionals to plant indigenous ... and to protect our country's unique biodiversity" Keith Kirsten, horticulturalist and landscape designer

Elsa Pooley has designed and landscaped public and private gardens using indigenous plants for over five decades. She is the author of numerous plant field guides, a botanical artist, and the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Geoff Nichols  is a horticulturist, garden designer and natural historian. He is the author of several books and a principal contributor to the Flora Publications Trust Field guides.

Andrew Hankey  is a specialist horticulturist at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in Johannesburg.