Species list
195
species found
| Scientific name | Common name | Features | Vegetation type(s) |
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| Erica abelii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica abietina | Red Heath |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
| Erica abietina subsp. atrorosea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica alfredii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ampullacea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica annectens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica aristata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica armata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica astroites |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica atrovinosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica axilliflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica banksia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica barrydalensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bauera |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica beatricis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica berzelioides |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bibax |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica blenna |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bodkinii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica borboniifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica brachialis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica breviflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica caffra |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica calcareophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica caledonica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cameronii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica casta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chloroloma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chlorosepala |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chrysocodon |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica colorans |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica conica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica conspicua |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica corifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica cremea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica curviflora | Water Heath |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for wet sites Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cygnea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cylindrica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica daphniflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica densifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica dianthifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica diaphana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica dichrus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica discolor |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica doliiformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica embothriifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica etheliae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica eugenea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica excavata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fairii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fascicularis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fastigiata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fervida |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica filamentosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica filipendula |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica foliacea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fontana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica galgebergensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gallorum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica galpinii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gilva |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glandulosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glauca |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glutinosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica goatcheriana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gossypioides |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica grandiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica grisbrookii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gysbertii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica halicacaba |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hameriana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hanekomii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hebecalyx |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica heleogena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica heleophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hendricksii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hibbertia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hispidula | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica holosericea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica imbricata |
Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica incarnata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inclusa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inflata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica infundibuliformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inordinata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica insignis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica insolitanthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica intonsa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica irbyana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ixanthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica jasminiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica junonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica kirstenii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica kogelbergenisis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lageniformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lananthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lanipes |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lanuginosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lasciva | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica latiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lawsonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica leucosiphon |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica leucotrachela |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lineata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica longifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macilenta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macowanii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macroloma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica margaritaceae |
Easy to grow Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica mariae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica massonii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mauritanica | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica maximiliani |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mitchellensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica monadelphia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica monsoniana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mucronata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica multumbellifera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica muscosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica nabea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nematophylla |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nevillei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica oblongiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica odorata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica omninoglabra |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pageana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica paludicola |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica papyracea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica patersonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica patersonii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pectinifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica perspicua |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica phillipsii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica physodes |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pinea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica plena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica plukenetii |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica porteri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica praenitens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica primulina |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica propendens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pudens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pulchella | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica pyramidalis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica quadrisulcata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica recta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica regia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica retorta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica rufescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sacciflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sagittata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica savilea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica saxigena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica schumannii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sessiliflora | Green Heath |
Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica shannonea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica similis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica simils | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica sociorum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sparrmannii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica speciosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica squarrosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica steinbergiana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica strigilifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica subdivaricata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica taxifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tenax |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica thomae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica toringbergensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trachysantha |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trichophora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trichroma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tristis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica tubercularis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tumida |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica turgida |
Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica turrisbabylonica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica urna-viridis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ustulescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica vallisaranearum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica vallisgratiae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica velitaris |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ventricosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica versicolor |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica verticillata |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica vestita |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica viridescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica viscaria |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica walkeria |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica wendlandiana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica winteri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica xanthina |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica xerophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica zitzikammensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
