Today is the 1st of September which means it SPRING DAY. YAY! Winter is over (even if its only on paper) and everybody is looking forward to summer. To celebrate the coming of spring I am posting a pic of the King Protea which is South Africa's national flower. And to make it relevant to … Continue reading King Protea
Tag: flowers
Spring Day
Tomorrow (or today, depending when you read this) is Spring day. So it means bye-bye to the winter (even if its just on the calender), flowers blooming, bees buzzing, butterflies hovering, birds chirping and longer days. Oh yes, and don't forget people in bright clothes welcoming the arrival of spring. So in celebration of the … Continue reading Spring Day
Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
The Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora) is a fascinating flowering bush which originally came from Brazil. It is very unique as the flowers open purple before turning light lavender and finally white before wilting. This means that you get all three colours on the plant all the time. A word of warning though. The plant is known … Continue reading Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
Natal Creeping Fig
The Natal Creeping Fig (Carpobrotus dimidiatus) are found in coastal areas from the South East of South Africa and all the way up to Mozambique. Its a succulent which grows very easily and is often very popular as a ground cover in landscaping. The flowers are magenta and its close relative is the Sour Fig … Continue reading Natal Creeping Fig
Candelabra Flower
The Candelabra Flower is found in grasslands and is quite wide spread in summer rainfall areas. Unfortunately people pick them in the wild as the flower is quite striking and it never gets a chance to sow its seeds. The flower grows up to 70 centimeters high from a bulb. It normally flowers in the … Continue reading Candelabra Flower
Coral Trees
A couple of Coral Trees in full flower at Rhodes University in Grahamstown
Graveyard flowers
Although I have drove past the St Mary's Cemetery all my life, I have never taken the time to go into it for a look. Last week I grabbed my camera during one lunchtime and headed off to the oldest cemetery in Port Elizabeth. I'll do a post on the actual cemetery later in the … Continue reading Graveyard flowers
Some Spring got left behind
I saw these little pink flowers growing on the grass on the sea side of Marine Drive across the road from the Marine Hotel the other morning. They were only on this one patch bordered by the little palm trees and it kind of looked like Spring got stuck in between the trees and never … Continue reading Some Spring got left behind
Pink Candelabra
In September I did a post featuring the Seal Point Lighthouse with a Candelabra flower in the foreground which I took some time ago. On our recent visit the Candelabra flowers were in bloom again and I decided to see if I can get some slight variations on the original photo. So here is one … Continue reading Pink Candelabra
Pin Cushion Protea
This 450 hectare Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve lies 40 km west of Port Elizabeth on the N2 to Cape Town. It is the best place near PE to see lowland fynbos with flowering Proteas and associated fynbos endemics. I used to stop there quite often in my tourist guiding days and there is always some … Continue reading Pin Cushion Protea
Firefly the Travel Guy 