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Insect-friendly species

With your garden, you can attract different insect species. Insects are important for pollination of many plants, and a number of insect species are able to thrive in cities, as long as they can find food. Below are relevant plant species within the Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation type.

Monkey beetles

Scientific name Common name Features Vegetation type(s)
Lampranthus glaucus Yellow noon flower Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Good potplant
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Boland Granite Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Granite Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld
Lampranthus stenus Good potplant
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos
Osteospermum moniliferum Tickberry Attracts butterflies
Can be used as a hedge
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible
Good for coastal areas
It provides medicinal value
Pioneer species
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Yellow noon flower

Lampranthus glaucus

Lampranthus stenus

Tickberry

Osteospermum moniliferum

Honey bees

Scientific name Common name Features Vegetation type(s)
Cotyledon orbiculata Pig's ear Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Good potplant
It provides medicinal value
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This is a bird-friendly species
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Felicia filifolia fine-leaved felicia This will attract honey bees
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld
Haemanthus coccineus March flower It provides medicinal value
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Lachenalia aloides Opal flower Suitable for clay soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos
Lachenalia bulbifera red lachenalia Good potplant
Suitable for clay soil
This is a bird-friendly species
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Lampranthus glaucus Yellow noon flower Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Good potplant
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Boland Granite Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Granite Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld
Lampranthus stenus Good potplant
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos
Lycium afrum Kraal honeythorn Suitable for clay soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Lycium ferocissimum Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Osteospermum moniliferum Tickberry Attracts butterflies
Can be used as a hedge
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible
Good for coastal areas
It provides medicinal value
Pioneer species
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Podalyria sericea Silver sweet pea bush Easy to grow
This will attract honey bees
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Salvia africana-lutea Brown Sage Attracts butterflies
Drought-resistant
Fragrant
It provides medicinal value
Pioneer species
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos
Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

fine-leaved felicia

Felicia filifolia

March flower

Haemanthus coccineus

Opal flower

Lachenalia aloides

red lachenalia

Lachenalia bulbifera

Yellow noon flower

Lampranthus glaucus

Lampranthus stenus

Kraal honeythorn

Lycium afrum

Lycium ferocissimum

Tickberry

Osteospermum moniliferum

Silver sweet pea bush

Podalyria sericea

Brown Sage

Salvia africana-lutea