Kirstenbosch
Proteas, silver trees and ericas under the cliffs of Table Mountain, the Boomslang walkway through yellowwood forest, red disas at Colonel Bird’s Bath, cycads in the amphitheatre and Van Riebeeck’s 1660 hedge.
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| Inspired by | Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (Cape Town) |
|---|---|
| Size | 112 × 80 m |
| Latitude | 34.0° S |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Plants | 443 plants of 40 species |
Gardens and biomes
- Fynbos and protea garden
- Afromontane forest
- Cycad amphitheatre
- Arid conservatory
- Useful plants
- Strelitzia lawns
Landmarks, buildings and water
- Garden walk
- Table Mountain (sandstone cliffs)
- Afromontane forest (leaf litter)
- Boomslang canopy walkway (11 m up)
- Colonel Bird's Bath (spring-fed pool)
- Protea Garden (sandy, acid fynbos soil)
- Fynbos walk
- Cycad Amphitheatre
- Amphitheatre terrace
- Camphor avenue
- Botanical Society Conservatory
- Conservatory (gravel)
- Useful Plants Garden (medicinal and food plants)
- Fragrance Garden
- Concert lawn
- Strelitzia border
- Agapanthus border
Plants in this garden
- African baobab Adansonia digitata · 1
- Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox · 39
- Aloe vera Aloe vera · 14
- Bird of paradise Strelitzia reginae · 15
- Bitter aloe (Cape aloe) Aloe ferox · 8
- Broom reed (restio) Elegia capensis · 15
- Bugle lily (watsonia) Watsonia borbonica · 24
- Bush lily (clivia) Clivia miniata · 20
- Camphor tree Cinnamomum camphora · 10
- Cape honeysuckle Tecoma capensis · 3
- Cape leadwort (plumbago) Plumbago auriculata · 7
- Common pagoda Mimetes cucullatus · 10
- Common sugarbush Protea repens · 14
- Eastern Cape giant cycad Encephalartos altensteinii · 4
- English lavender Lavandula angustifolia · 6
- Fire heath Erica cerinthoides · 20
- Freesia Freesia refracta hybrids · 12
- Geranium (Pelargonium) Pelargonium x hortorum · 8
- Jade plant Crassula ovata · 4
- Karoo cycad Encephalartos lehmannii · 5
- King protea Protea cynaroides · 16
- Lion's tail (wild dagga) Leonotis leonurus · 8
- Madagascar palm Pachypodium lamerei · 3
- Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas · 10
- Mexican snowball (echeveria) Echeveria elegans · 10
- Mountain cabbage tree Cussonia paniculata · 2
- Oleander-leaf protea Protea neriifolia · 14
- Pincushion protea Leucospermum cordifolium · 16
- Quiver tree (kokerboom) Aloidendron dichotomum · 2
- Real yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius · 6
- Red disa (Pride of Table Mountain) Disa uniflora · 8
- Round-leaf buchu Agathosma betulina · 24
- Silver tree (witteboom) Leucadendron argenteum · 6
- Soft tree fern Dicksonia antarctica · 6
- Spekboom (elephant bush) Portulacaria afra · 8
- Trailing ice plant (vygie) Lampranthus spectabilis · 24
- Tree pelargonium Pelargonium cucullatum · 20
- Whorled heath Erica verticillata · 16
- Wild almond Brabejum stellatifolium · 4
- Wood's cycad Encephalartos woodii · 1
A design inspired by Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (Cape Town), scaled to fit, built from Garden ME's reference plant data. It is not a survey or a map of the real garden.