One of the beauties of the fynbos is the red everlasting, Phaenocoma prolifera. The bright magenta-red flowers appear in spring…

The King Protea, Protea cynaroides, needs no introduction. It is a very worthy holder of the title of South Africa’s…

Midsummer on the Klein River Mountains sees the arrival of purple clumps of Pseudoselago pulchra. This species must count as…

A curious aspect of living amongst the Cape Flora is that we sometimes forget how special some of our commoner…

Erica corifolia is commonly known as the Dark-tip Heath. This is a reference to the pink flowers, which quickly fade…

There are many pretty species of Erica but only one truly bears the name: Erica pulchella. (“Pulchella” is the Latin…