Arctotis fastuosa 'Orange Prince' (Monarch of the veldt 'Orange Prince')
Other names: Venidium fastuosum 'Orange Prince', African daisy 'Orange Prince'
'Orange Prince' is a tender, spreading perennial, often grown as a half-hardy annual, with elliptic, deeply-lobed, woolly, silvery-white leaves and, from midsummer to early autumn, bright orange flowers each with a black ring surrounding a black centre.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sauromatum venosum (Voodoo lily)
Other names: Sauromatum guttatum, Typhonium venosum, Arum venosum, Monarch of the east, Red calla, Arum cornutum
S. venosum is a tender, tuberous perennial with a lance-shaped, purple-spotted, yellow or greenish-white spathe surrounding an unpleasant-smelling, purple-black spike in late spring and early summer followed by a speckled stem bearing a single rounded leaf with many lance-shaped segments.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cobaea scandens (Cup and saucer vine)
Other names: Cathedral bells, Cups and saucers, Mexican ivy, Monastery bells
C. scandens is a vigorous, tender, dense, semi-woody, evergreen climber, often grown as an annual, with pinnate leaves, each leaf divided into four oblong to elliptic, dark green leaflets with an accompanying hooked, branched tendril. From summer into autumn, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers open greenish-white and age to purple.
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2m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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