The salvia family, also known as sage, is a well-known and appreciated plant in both the flower and herb garden. All salvias are easy to grow and have a long flowering season from late spring to early autumn. The South African salvias commonly used in gardens are all low water consumption plants and are best planted in full sun. In all there are 6 different species in different colors and ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 meters in height.

The South African wild rosemary prefers a sunny well drained position. It is drought resistant once established. Give it enough space to form a natural rounded shape. It can be pruned lightly after flowering or more strongly into hedges or balls/standards. Wild Rosemary grows 1-2m in height and 1.0-1.5m across. It has thin silvery grey aromatic leaves, and dense impressive white flowers. Wild rosemary can be used as a culinary herb and is widely used as a traditional African medicine.

Wild garlic is a lovely thing: lovely to look at when it flowers, lovely to use for cooking, and extremely useful from a medicinal point of view. Wild garlic is a hardy, drought-resistant plant, which requires little attention once settled in your garden. South Africa has three main wild garlic species: Tulbaghia simmleri, Tulbaghia violacea and Tulbaghia alliacea.