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Cape Flora SA has snaffled a golden medal for South Africa this week at the acclaimed 2024 Chelsea Flower Show for its fine fynbos ...
Some 680 species, many of them found nowhere else, occur in the Cape Floristic ... of the flowers. An informative introduction explores the biology, pollination and distribution of fynbos ericas.
The arrival of spring in the Western Cape ... millions of small flowers are transforming dry, usually barren valleys and fields into miraculous carpets of colour. And the Cape fynbos, in all ...
About 8km from Stanford on the R343 to Gansbaai in the Western Cape is a ... walk crosses Flower Valley, where trained harvesting teams can be seen collecting wild fynbos for making bouquets ...
A carpet of flowers fill a field in the Postberg Nature Reserve in the West Coast National Park. Photograph by Paul Bruins, Getty Images On the Western Cape, two months out of every year (August ...
A reference to the plants prolific in the Western Cape, the new cottages draw on this landscape for inspiration. A subtle indigenous plant, fynbos is delicate and understated rather than ...
It’s almost that time of the year where a riot of colourful indigenous blooms will cover the landscape along the Cape West Coast ... Bay can be seen. Wild fynbos flowers grow in spring on ...
At the heart of South Africa’s Gold-winning display at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show lies a uniquely local hero, ...
South Africa’s gold medal-winning showcase at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show offers a vibrant celebration of fynbos in ...
Plants such as sour figs and ice plants, with their bright and colourful blooms, are found across the Western Cape and are delightful additions to a garden. Fynbos ... left of the flower heads ...
It is an honour to represent South Africa and showcase the diversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom,” said Goliath. Fynbos flowers are one of the Western Cape’s biggest income-generating exports.