Tecomaria capensis Variegated Foliage Plants this hardy orchid produces 15"

this hardy orchid produces 15" tall spikes of small

I'll be honest

(aka: Notholaena eckloniana) One of the most exciting plants that we saw on our 2005 expedition to South Africa was a desert sun fern

evergreen leaves topped in mid-spring with 15" tall flower spikes lined with small light pink flowers

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Tecomaria capensis Variegated Foliage Plants this hardy orchid produces 15"(aka: Tecoma capensis) Tecomaria capensis hails from the South African Cape (east and west) into Natal, but according to all the books, should not be winter hardy for us. Thank goodness we keep our plants illiterate. Despite being a giant clambering evergreen shrub in warmer climates, where it remains woody, Tecomaria capensis is a well behaved, very drought tolerant deciduous perennial for us, surviving our single digit winter temperatures for at