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Misty plume bush
This pretty perennial is native to eastern South Africa and is common in damp places, often beside streams.
It is densely branched, with succulent stems and light green, rounded velvety leaves. It bears tiny white to mauve, tubular flowers in 8 cm long spikes in early spring as can be seen here. The leaves have a highly aromatic ginger scent.
This specimen was 1.5 m x 1.5 m.
''Tetradenia riparia'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint and sage family Lamiaceae. It is occasionally referred to as misty plume bush and is commonly used as a decorative garden plant due to its flowers when in full bloom. ''Tetradenia'' means 'four glands' and ''riparia'' translates to 'growing on banks of rivers'. This species was first described by botanists Codd in 1983.
