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The nursery offers a wide range of bulbs, succulents and caudiciforms mostly indigenous to Southern Africa but also some plants indigenous to parts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia. We specialise in exports of plants new to horticulture and unusual and ornamental cultivars particularly in the Genus Othonna and Pelargonium.
BULBS
We supply species from many genera in the Amaryllidaceae, particularly species new to cultivation. Amongst other bulbs we supply are plants with unusual or ornamental foliage particularly species with spirally twisted, beautifully spotted, bristled or pustulate leaves. Many of these plants lend themselves to ornamental container planting.
Plants new to cultivation or rarely offered are also one of our specialities.
CAUDICIFORMS
The nursery carries a wide range of caudiciforms such as Ipomoeas, tuberous Othonna species and Pelargoniums. We offer a comprehensive selection of rare Section Hoarea Pelargoniums many of which are scarce in cultivation.
SUCCULENTS
We specialise in the production of Grass Aloe species indigenous to Southern Africa. Many of these have ornamental and unusual foliage.
We produce large numbers of succulent Othonnas including several unusual cultivars and hybrids new to cultivation.
Succulent Pelargoniums are also one of our specialities. We supply a wide range of other succulents and also undertake contract growing of some species.
Photographs of bulbs, caudiciforms and succulents new to cultivation, or rarely found in horticulture appear in the section at the end of our web site specifically for featuring these plants.
SERVICES PROVIDED AND CONTACT DETAILS.
The nursery exports retail orders and supplies the overseas nursery trade wholesale with larger quantities of plants for resale. In addition we have recently started supplying the trade with some plants in bulk for wholesale purposes.
Nurseries are welcome to contact us for these details, which are usually suited to the interests of a particular nursery.
Contract growing is undertaken. Large plants are grown on to flowering size by Simply Indigenous Nursery in the North West Province. Smaller plants are grown on to flowering size by Penroc Nursery in Johannesburg.
Plant genera marketed in South Africa are available through Simply Indigenous Nursery in the North West Province. Their web site address is: www.simplyindigenous.co.za
People interested in plants should indicate whether they require retail or wholesale quantities or if they are interested in bulk orders for wholesale resale purposes.
E-mail: info@penroc.co.za
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Gethyllis longistyla is one of South Africa’s rarest Gethyllis species found mostly in the eastern Great Karoo. The attractive white bristled leaves are borne in autumn and winter and the plants flower shortly after entering dormancy usually in early December.
Ceropegia craibii is a very rare species that was described recently in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine volume 18 Part 4 November 2001: 210-213. The plants are currently only known from one hillock at type locality in mountainous country near Vryheid in Kwazulu natal.
Othonna cyclophylla is one of the most spectacular succulent Othonna species. It is attractive whilst dormant in the leafless state and also when in active growth and full of leaves.
It is possible that this plant has been misidentified as Othonna cyclophylla in recent times. If so it will be described as a new species, a very rare plant narrowly endemic to the Rosyntjieberg in the Northern Richtersveld.
Some very interesting and beautiful Othonna hybrids have been created in the nursery using O. cyclophylla as a parent.
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A new Ornithogalum species has recently been found in the North West Province. Its single leaf covered in bristles is produced in the early winter. The plants grow throughout the winter and flower just before dormancy in August when the temperatures warm up.
This peculiar winter growing habit in a summer rainfall area is probably related to the very high temperatures on the sheets of exposed dolomite to which the plants are endemic.
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