African Design Magazine ADM #43 August 2018 | Page 24

GRASSLAND GARDEN
(Wild Scabious/Bitterbos) and
Dianthus mooiensis sp (Wild
Carnation/Wilde Angelier).
Carpenter bees are drawn to
the perennial Chlorophytum
species with its protruding
anthers, while different bee
species favour Haplocarpa
scaposa (False Gerbera) with
its bright yellow, daisy flowers.
many snow-white flowers into autumn
and has capsules that burst open with a
resounding crack. Butterflies are attracted
to herbaceous species in the grassland
garden, such as Scabiosa columbaria
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Wentzel commented that
the rangy shrub Erythrina
humeana with its blood-red
‘aloe-like’ flowers attracted
sunbirds. He added that Kalanchoe
thyrsiflora (White Lady), a succulent plant
of the rocky ridges, was an important
plant from an ecological perspective as
it was favoured by a variety of insects