Greyia sutherlandii

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Width: 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: S Africa
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, pink
Scientific Names

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Greyia sutherlandii, also known as Natal bottlebrush, is a species of plant in the Melianthaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa.


Read about Greyia sutherlandii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Greyia sutherlandii, Hook. & Harv. Small tree, with thick, naked branches and light-colored bark: lvs. clustered at the ends of the branches, 2-3 in. long, orbicular, ovate or oblong, deeply cordate at base, toothed; petiole 9-12 lines long: fls. bright crimson; disk cup-shaped, with 10 marginal teeth, each crowned by a peltate gland; stamens 10; ovary laterally 5-lobed, 5-celled; ovules numerous, in 2 series in the inner angle of the cells: fr. capsular, 5-valved; seeds albuminous.

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