🍵 Honeybush
Cyclopia spp.
tea_and_beverage
leguminous shrub
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
low
🗺️ Zones
[9,10,11]
🧪 Soil pH
4.5-6.5
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, sandy, nutrient-poor
📏 Spacing
2-3 ft
📐 Height
3-5 ft
⏱️ Maturity
2-3 years to first harvest
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (3)
Both fynbos legumes; shared soil and climate
🤝 protea
Natural fynbos community
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ plants needing rich/alkaline soil
Honeybush REQUIRES acidic, nutrient-poor fynbos conditions
📝 Growing Notes
Rooibos's sweeter cousin. Grows ONLY in the fynbos of South Africa's Eastern and Western Cape. As a legume, fixes nitrogen. The flowers smell intensely of honey , hence the name. Commercially rare , mostly wild-harvested.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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