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Bromeliads blooming

By on February 19, 2010 in flowers, garden

These bromeliads are in my brother’s garden. I think they only flower once a year? They are almost luminous in colour!

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Mystery plant

By on February 17, 2010 in garden

I have these great plants growing wild all over my garden. I think that they’re great, but my housemate is concerned that they’re not indigenous. They look to me to be part of the philodendron family? Does anyone know what these plants are, and if they’re not indigenous, whether or not they’re ‘bad’ plants; e.g. [...]

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Will my clivia survive inside?

By on August 31, 2009 in flowers

Are clivia’s indigenous?  I know they like shade – do you think it’ll survive in my house which has a lot of light due to the skylight?

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Mother-in-law’s tongue

By on August 31, 2009 in indigenous, succulent

I’ve never seen a mother-in-law’s tongue sprout a new leaf – it’s a strange sight – and quite beautiful!

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