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Home Posts tagged "March" (Page 3)

Tag: March

Fairytale Pond

Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Nymphaeaceae) Cape blue waterlily

A waterlily needs no introduction. It must be one of the first plants that children become familiar with. Whether through reading fairy tales about princesses and frogs or Beatrix Potter’s Jeremy Fisher, a lily pad is standard ingredient of ponds in children’s books. Furthermore, waterlilies are a feature of ponds,…

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Flora December, February, January, March, Nymphaea, Nymphaea nouchali, Nymphaeaceae, pond, summer, waterlily

Rose-scented gladiolus

Close-up of Gladiolus martleyi flower (Iridaceae)

Gladiolus is not the first flower that one thinks of when asked to name a flower with good scent. It is true that the large florists’ gladioli have no scent to speak of, but many of the smaller flowered species have very attractive scent. At this time of the year,…

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Flora April, autumn, bulb, geophyte, Gladiolus, Gladiolus brevifolius, Gladiolus martleyi, Iridaceae, March

The stonecrop that thinks its a heath

Crassula ericoides subsp. ericoides (Crassulaceae)

The genus Crassula contains a diverse range of succulent plants. They are sometimes known in South Africa as stonecrops but that common name is usually used for the related genus Sedum. Here at Phillipskop we have a Crassula that supposedly looks like an Erica; at least that is what its…

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Flora autumn, Crassula, Crassula ericoides, Crassulaceae, cultivation, Erica, February, March, propagation, scientific name, summer

Somewhere in the Middle

Drimia media (Hyacinthaceae)

The autumn bulbs are starting to appear again at Phillipskop. Drimia media is one of the first of these. It has rather subdued colouration to its flowers, but the petals glisten in the sunlight rather like tarnished metal. The petals are swept back, thrusting forward the stamens and style so…

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Flora Asparagaceae, autumn, Drimia, Hyacinthaceae, March, Scilloideae
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