South African Gardening Blog » eastern cape http://www.sprig.co.za On plants, gardens and nature in South Africa. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:00:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Protea? http://www.sprig.co.za/2010/07/protea/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2010/07/protea/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:23:01 +0000 mol-d http://www.sprig.co.za/?p=1943 I am getting used to the Cape vegetation and the abundance of Protea plants here. The variety is amazing! Here is a pic I snapped last year in the Easter Cape, near KwaZulu-Natal. I gather this is a type of Protea or am I mistaken? The colour of the flowers is so vibrant and there are hairy pods on the stem. Who knows what it is?

]]> http://www.sprig.co.za/2010/07/protea/feed/ 8 Roadside Aloe http://www.sprig.co.za/2010/02/roadside-aloes/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2010/02/roadside-aloes/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:26 +0000 mol-d http://www.sprig.co.za/?p=1414 I have posted these elsewhere and Niall also posted some pics but I thought I should share these beautiful Aloes we came across on the side of the road in the Eastern Cape. Happy Monday! :-)

Beautiful Aloe 1

Beautiful Aloe 1

Beautiful Aloe 2

Beautiful Aloe 2

Beautiful Aloe 3

Beautiful Aloe 3

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