Rhoicissus (South African Grape)

South African Grape includes some ornamental woody climbers and shrubs with leathery, dark green foliage and branches densely covered with sometimes very long reddish-brown hairs. The inconspicuous small flowers are followed by showy, dark colored berries. All species offered on this site can be successfully cultivated as pot or container plants. They grow in any fertile, humus-rich, slightly sandy or rocky soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot throughout the year with a winter minimum of some 10°C and reduced watering.
Sow in any rich, preferably sandy, well drained soil at some 20°C. Keep pots always moist from beneath and sunny until germination starts, then keep soil drier.
10 seeds per package.

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Rhoicissus rhombifolia (Glossy Forest Grape)

3 (15)m, Glossy Forest Grape is a fast growing woody climber with threefoliated, leathery, dark green, glossy leaves on branches densely covered with long brownish red hairs. Small, yellowish green flowers and dark red to purplish berries (not edible). Native of open spots in woodlands in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Swaziland, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe). For any humus rich, well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants cooler at a minimum of some 10°C with reduced watering. IX-XII.

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Rhoicissus tridentata (Bobbejaantou)

Rhoicissus tridentata (Bobbejaantou)

1 (5)m, Bobbejaantou grows as a medium sized woody shrub with three-foliated, dark green, shiny leaves and small black berries. Native of coastal dunes and forest margins throughout S to north-eastern Africa. For any humus rich, well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants cooler at a minimum of some 10°C with reduced watering. VIII-IX.

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