- Today the garden cultivates about 400 protected species of the genus Babiana, Cyclamen, Gladiolus, cacti.
- The species was for many years considered a member of the South African genus " Babiana " but recognized as a distinct genus in 2003.
- Sometimes the seed has a fine delicate coat like " Gladiolus " and in other cases it is black and with a hard coat as " Babiana ".
- The rat's tail babiana ( " Babiana ringens " ) is a species of plant that produces a strong stalk within the inflorescence that serves as a perch for the malachite sunbird as it visits the flower.
- The rat's tail babiana ( " Babiana ringens " ) is a species of plant that produces a strong stalk within the inflorescence that serves as a perch for the malachite sunbird as it visits the flower.
- Also grown here are the spiky blazing star ( " Tritonia crocata " ), the ruffley gladiolus, the star-shaped harlequin ( " sparaxis " ), watsonia ( " Watsonia pyamidata " ), the purple baboon flower ( " Babiana stricta " ), the towering Adam's rib ( " Chasmanthe floribunda " ) and the lovely blooming shamrock ( " oxalis " ).