Plant Care Guides / Outdoor & Coastal / Medium shrubs
Indigenous | Easy Care | Medium shrubs
Kooigoed is a cheerful, fast-growing fynbos shrub that covers itself in flat-topped clusters of small, bright yellow flowers through late winter and spring. The name is Afrikaans (loosely "bedding stuff") because the dried leaves were traditionally used to stuff mattresses.
It has fine, aromatic, grey-green foliage on upright stems and a naturally tidy, rounded habit. It is a coastal fynbos species, completely at home in sandy soil, wind and salt air, and once established it needs almost nothing. It is excellent for bringing early-spring colour to a garden when little else is flowering, and bees love it.
1 to 1.5 m tall and about 1 m wide.
Fast.
Fynbos garden, mixed indigenous border, mass planting for spring colour, rockery, coastal bank.
Full sun. It is a fynbos plant and needs open, sunny conditions.
Sandy, well-drained soil. Thrives in the poor, sandy conditions here. Avoid heavy, rich, waterlogged soil.
Low once established. Drought-hardy. Water while settling in.
Do not overfeed. A light application of low-phosphorus fertiliser in spring if needed.
Trim lightly after flowering to keep it compact. Do not cut back into old, bare wood.
Ask about availability. WhatsApp us to check what is currently in stock, or visit the nursery and we will help you choose the right plant for your spot.
