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🌱 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

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Rooibos
Both fynbos legumes; shared soil and climate
🤝 Rooibos
Fynbos companion; shared soil microbes 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.

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