Perennial : Exotic

Achillea - Dark pink

Description: A mat forming exotic perennial with fern like aromatic foliage. Flat corymbs of dark pink flowers in summer. Waterwise

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Achillea millefolium - White beauty

Description: A mat forming exotic perennial with fern like aromatic foliage. Flat corymbs of white flowers in summer. Waterwise

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Aegopodium podagraria

Description: Non-invasive (in SA) groundcover with wispy variegated foliage and small white flowers. Ideal for mass planting or a small border.

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Agastache cana

Description: An compact perennial with aromatic leaves and spikes of mauve apricot flowers. Loved by butterflies and bees.

Ajania pacifica

Description: A tough mound forming exotic perennial, with silky silver edged leaves and yellow flowerheads in autumn.

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Alstroemaria hybrid

Description: A lovely bright yellow tall inca lily. Soft foliage.

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Description: A rounded multi-stemmed perennial with arching stems, strap like leaves and clusters of true blue flowers.

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Anemone - Hadspen abundance

Description: Suckering exotic perennial. Oval 3-palmate mid green leaves. Two tone pink flowers in autumn. Lovely.

Anemone - Honorine Jobert

Description: A suckering exotic perennial with mid green leaves. Umbrels of single white flowers in autumn. Plants ready by end December.

Anemone - Prinz Heinrich

Description: A suckering exotic perennial with oval palmate mid green leaves. It has spikes of double dark pink flowers in autumn. Multiplies well.

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Anemone tomentosa

Description: A suckering perennial with oval palmate mid green leaves and sprays of pink flowers.

Anthemis tinctoria - Kelwayi

Description: Mounded forming exotic perennial with fern like grey green foliage. Bright yellow daisy like flowers in summer. Butterflies.

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Arthropodium cirrathum

Description: A tufted exotic perennial with lance shaped grey green leaves. Panicles of star shaped white flowers in summer. Dry shade. Rather gorgeous!

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Aster ericoides

Description: A bushy compact exotic perennial with narrow heath-like leaves. Sprays of white daisy flowers in summer. Attracts butterflies.

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Aster novi belgii - Jenny

Description: A mound forming exotic perennial with tapered dark green leaves. Yellow centred lilac flowers in autumn. Attracts butterflies.

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Bletilla striata

Description: A clump forming exotic terrestrial orchid with strap like leaves. Sprays of pink / lilac flowers in spring. Keep dry in winter divide in early spring.

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Browallia americana

Description: A self seeding annual with star shaped blue flowers all season. These seeds come from my mother's garden - hence my common name! Self seeds.

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Campanula - Fairholme Favourite

Description: A bushy compact perennial with heart shaped leaves. Spikes of pink bell shaped flowers in summer.

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Campanula - Pretty petticoat

Description: Showy creeping exotic perennial with heart shaped leaves and spikes of double pink bells shaped flowers ins ummer.

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Campanula latifolia

Description: A clump forming upright perennial with bright green rounded leaves and spikes of bell shaped blue flowers. Cut back unbranched stems after flowering.

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Campanula portenschlagiana

Description: A mat forming low growing exotic perennial with rounded leaves and bell shaped violet flowers. Bees

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Campanula punctata - alba

Description: A clump forming exotic perennial with bright green leaves with heart shaped base. It has large bell shaped white flowers in summer. A lovely ground cover for a shady spot. Best C in my garden.

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Campanula punctata - Bowl of cherries

Description: A mound shaped perennial with a spreading mound of pale green leaves and drooping purple pink bells.

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Convolvulus sabatius

Description: Trailing mat forming perennial, round green leaves and cup shaped blue flowers all season. Use over wall, hanging basket or in a container

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Dahlia imperialis

Description: A fast growing exotic perennial with bamboo-like stems. Orange centred lilac flowers in summer. Bees and Butterflies

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Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Description: An upright exotic perennial with lance like leaves on cane like stems. Clusters of deep violet flowers. Spectacular. Plants still small.

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Epimedium - Frohnleiten

Description: A lovely exotic ground cover with yellow cup shaped flowers in spring. Cut back leaves in late winter for a good show.

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Epimedium - Niveum

Description: Clump forming exotic perennial with wiry stems and triangular leaves. Sprays of white flowers in spring.

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Erysimum cheiri

Description: A sparse exotic perennial with orangey mauve flowers loved by bees. This is the old fashioned one!

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Exotic: Hedychium greenii

Description: A clump forming rhizomatous exotic ginger with reddish purple stems and undersides of leaves with dark green upper leaves. Bright red / orange butterfly-like flowers. It produces small plantlets on the flowerheads which are easily propagated.

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Exotic: Malvastrum lateritium

Description: A new gorgeous exotic groundcover with lobed mid green leaves. Yellow centred peach flowers in summer

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Geranium - Russel Pritchard

Description: A clump forming exotic perennial with mat forming lobed silver grey foliage. Vivid pink cup like flowers all season. Bees. Cut back hard after flowering.

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Geranium dalmaticum

Description: A mat-forming exotic perennial with rosettes of basal leaves. Long stalked mauve flowers. Nice.

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Geranium Mavis Simpson

Description: A water wise clump forming perennial with brilliant blue flowers. Cut back foliage after flowering.

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Geranium phaeum

Description: A rounded self seeding perennial with upright stems of dusky purple flowers in spring. Cut back after flowering to keep neat.

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Geranium sanguineum - Elke

Description: A trailing exotic perennial with white edged pink flowers all season. Cut back foliage after flowering. This one has been on my wish list for years.

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Hedychium coronarium

Description: Sterile form of an exotic ginger. Upright canes, lance shaped leaves and spikes of orange flowers. Sterile form

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Impatiens namachabarwensis

Description: Self seeding exotic impatiens. Multi branched with bright green serrated leaves. Beautiful sapphire blue flowers. Could be an annual in SA? Needs special care.

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Impatiens tinctoria

Description: A rare tuberous African perennial with ovate lined serrated leaves and fragrant white flowers.

Iris siberica

Description: A rhizomatous beardless exotic iris with narrow grass like leaves and blue violet flowers on branched stems.

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Justicia rizzinii

Description: A compact perennial with a rounded shape, small leaves and yellow tipped red flowers. It also grows in deep shade.

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Lobelia Purple Showers

Description: An upright exotic bog perennial. Clump forming with tapered leaves and spikes of purple flowers in summer. Cut flower.

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Lychnis flos cuculi

Description: A mat-forming exotic perennial with rosette forming lanceolate leaves and narrow petaled pink flowers. Lovely in a woodland garden.

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Lysimachia ciliata

Description: A spreading exotic perennial with lance shaped dark marooon leaves. Sprays of open yellow flowers in summer.

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Nierembergia scoparia

Description: A well shaped tough exotic perennial. Upright stems with small leaves and cup shaped violet flowers.

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Penstemon digitalis - Huskers red

Description: A superb perennial with lance shaped toothed ruby leaves, black stems and cream tubular pink flowers. Bees birds butterflies

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Persicaria - Red Dragon

Description: A spreading clump forming perennial with lovely variegated leaves with dark chevron markings and sprays of white flowers.

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Phlomis lanata

Description: A compact Mediterranean shrublet with small crinkly grey green leaves and whorls of yellow flowers. Waterwise.

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Pilea pepperomioides

Description: A creeping exotic perennial with leathery disc-shaped glossy leaves. Small white flowers in spring. Indoor plant. It seems to be on the "must have" list, folklore?

Potentilla nepalensis - Melton fire

Description: Low growing, clump forming perennial with lobed dark green leaves. Five petalled red flowers in summer. Plants small

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Rudbeckia fulgida - Goldstrum

Description: A low growing perennial with dark green ovate rough basal leaves and golden daisy like flowers.

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Rudbeckia lacinata - Goldquelle

Description: A striking exotic perennial with uprights stems, lobed leaves and double yellow flowers.

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Rudbeckia lacinata - Herbstsonne

Description: Upright rhizamotous perennial with deeply lobed basal leaves. Daisy like yellow flowers from sum - aut. Butterflies

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Ruellia brittoniana

Description: A multi stemmed exotic perennial with dark green leaves on fleshy purple stems. Sprays of purple petunia like flowers from October to April. This one is not invasive!

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Ruellia brittoniana pink

Description: A NEW soft stemmed perennial with lance shaped dark green leaves and funnel shaped pink flowers.

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Ruellia graecizans

Description: A self seeding perennial with narrow bright green leaves and tubular red flowers. Likes acid soil.

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Ruellia macrantha

Description: A soft stemmed exotic perennial with lance shaped bright green leaves. It has showy rose pink flowers. Indoor plant?

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Scabiosa columbaria

Description: Clump forming hybrid perennial with rosettes of deeply lobed leaves. LARGE blue pom pom flowers. Butterflies

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Scabiosa ochroleuca

Description: A tough exotic perennial, clump forming with greyish green leaves. Wiry stems with cream flowers. Attracts bees and butterflies. Cut flower. Waterwise. Just too pretty for words!

Sedum mexicanum - Lemon ball

Description: A tough spreading exotic ground cover with soft linear foliage. Bright yellow star shaped flowers in late spring. Container!

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Sedum spectabile

Description: A clump forming perennial with star shaped flowers and green stems with scalloped grey green leaves.

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Sedum tetractinum

Description: Cascading exotic groundcover with fleshy rounded leaves which bronze in winter. Small daisy like flowers in summer.

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Sisyrinchium palmifolium

Description: A clump forming perennial with blue green strap like leaves. Flat stems with large yellow saucer shaped flowers. LOVELY

Sisyrinchium striatum

Description: A clump-forming, evergreen perennial with linear to lance shaped, iris-like greyish green leaves. Spikes of pale yellow flowers in summer. It self seeds.

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Solidago - Golden baby

Description: A dwarf form of perennial with lance shaped leaves. Spikes of featherly bright yellow flowers.

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Stokesia laevis

Description: A mound shaped clump forming perennial with dark leathery leaves and frilly daisy-like flowers that attract butterflies.

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Stokesia laevis white

Description: A mound shaped clump forming perennial with dark leathery leaves and frilly daisy-like flowers that attract butterflies.

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Strobilanthes attenuata

Description: A spreading rounded perennial with heart shaped furry lime green leaves. Hooded violet flowers in summer. Lovely

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Symphytum tauricum

Description: Clump forming exotic perennial, tuberous roots, oblong green leaves, tubular white flowers.

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Thunbergia battiscombe

Description: A cascading African shrub with lustrous apple green leaves. Large yellow centred royal blue flowers all season. Stunning.

Tradescantia - Blushing Bride

Description: A trailing ground cover with striking green, cream, purple tipped strap like leaves. The colour differentiation more prominent in winter. Cut back to get more differentiation.

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Tradescantia virginiana

Description: A tough low growing perennial with fleshy strap like leaves and heads of three petalled flowers all season.

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Tricyrtis - Gilt Edge

Description: A shorter form of the rhizomatous toad lily. It has white edged leaves and white orchid like flowers with purple spots. Multiplies well. The foliage is beautiful for deep shade areas. I cut mine back regularly.

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Tricyrtis - Lilac towers

Description: Upright clump forming exotic perennial. Furry lance-shaped leaves. Lily like lilac spotted flowers in autumn.

Tricyrtis formosana

Description: An clump forming rhizomatous perennial with spotted lance shaped leaves. Star shaped orchid like lilac flowers in autumn. Gorgeous.

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Veronica spicata

Description: A clump forming bushy perennial with long toothed green leaves and slender blue flower spikes. Flowers for a long time and a must have for any sunny border. Butterflies.

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Zingiber zerumbeet

Description: A clump forming exotic perennial with long narrow leaves develop on rhizome. Pine cone type flowers in summer. Medicinal

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