Gardenia volkensii - Transvaal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Square foot gardening Size - 18cm x 14cm

Size - 18cm x 14cm x 4

nidiformis

such as Persian silk tree or pink siris

Most of the 30 species of bulbous plants in this genus are native to Southern Africa

The first known written account of the plant's use was in 1662 by Jan van Riebeeck

Gardenia volkensii - Transvaal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Square foot gardening Size - 18cm x 14cmA small, multi stemmed tree with a dense, rounded crown, 3 8 m high with arching branches, sometimes touching the ground. The bark is pale grey and smooth and the branchlets appear knobbly due to persistent leaf like appendages at the base of the leaf stalk (stipules). The glossy, green leaves are usually in groups of three and crowded at the end of short branches. The leaves are spoon shaped with a broadly rounded tip and a tapering base. They have