CANCER BUSH
This hardy, perennial shrub (Lessertia frutescens) is also known as the balloon pea, sutherlandia, kankerbossie, blaasbossie, blaas-ertjie, etc. It is found in many dry areas...
Author : Janine Pereira
ALIENS, ALIENS EVERYWHERE!
How can we help to get rid of all the alien plants everywhere? 1. Learn to identify, control and remove alien invasive plants. 2. Remove...
THE ORNAMENTAL CHRISTMAS BERRY
This beautiful plant, found along the coastal belt, from sea level to altitudes of 1 500 metres, is also known as the aambei- (see below) or...
BEACH PUMPKIN
When walking along the foreshore dunes, we easily recognise these common residents (Arctotheca populifolia) by the silvery, grey-leafed plants and yellow, daisy-like flowers. They are...
NUM-NUM
This plant (Carissa bispinosa) is known by a few names – the bosnoemnoem, forest num-num and Natal plum. It’s an evergreen, ornamental, thorny-stemmed shrub, which...
SOUR FIG
Living in the Western Cape one frequently comes across this easy-to-grow succulent, found on coastal and inland slopes and often seen as a pioneer plant...
THE BEAUTY OF OUR FLORA
At this time of the year, we find beautiful indigenous plants flowering all over. Our area’s fynbos is rapidly disappearing due to urbanisation and therefore...
HOLIDAYS, NURDLES, PENGUINS AND SEABIRDS
When spending your holidays at the coastal regions of the Southern Cape, you may encounter various forms of pollution, including nurdles, and many marine birds....
WHALE WATCHING!
South Africa is known as one of the best places in the world for whale watching, with the Western Cape topping the charts! Each year,...
STRANDINGS – WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Imagine: It is a beautiful, sunny day and you decide to go for a stroll on the beach. The weather is perfect, the sand cool...