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Zululand flowers April

By on November 10, 2011 in flowers, indigenous

Hi there, I have a wedding on the 28th April in Zululand (KZN). I’m wondering what flowers are in bloom during that time of the month? We are having the wedding on the farm so we can start planting flowers and plants that will be able to be used on the day. Kind regards, Nikki

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Identify my plant

By on October 31, 2011 in flowers, garden

These bromeliads are growing in my garden. Can anyone help me in identifying them. IE there name and genus. Thank you. Jonathan

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Win some glass vouchers!!

By on September 27, 2011 in flowers, food, sustainability

Hey Spriggers, The kindly folks at Consol have given us two vouchers to hand out worth R500 each, for their shops in Woodmead (Gauteng) and Stellenbosch in the Western Cape (sorry Durbanites and others, I’m sure you have friends and relatives in these parts?). So, now you can personally test-drive the apparent health benefits of [...]

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Wooden Flowery Growth

By on June 29, 2011 in flowers, indigenous, tree

Good morning We went camping at Thaba Monate near Warmbaths when we saw this round wooden flowery growth on a thorny tree with silver green velvety leaves. My brother in law climbed into the tree, pick it and then cleaned it with his pocket knife and a brush, painted some veneer on and mounted it. [...]

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Moraea vuvuzela

By on May 19, 2011 in flowers, indigenous

I found this article the other day… almost a year on from the World Cup. Cool name, don’t you think? A new species from the iris family found near Worcester, is to be named Moraea vuvuzela by SANBI botanist Dr John Manning to commemorate South Africa’s hosting of the first Soccer World Cup on the [...]

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