Lessertia — 1 species

Cultivation

Lessertia frutescens is a plant of the warm temperate to tropical regions of southern Africa, growing mainly in semi-arid regions. It is not very cold hardy, able to tolerate short periods with temperatures falling to around -5°c, so long as it is growing in a freely draining soil and summers have been sufficiently warm to fully ripen the wood. It usually grows where there is a distinct dry season, butis found inboth summer rainfall and winter rainfall regions.