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Fynbos Biome
Vegetation... following is an extract of text from Low & Rebelo (1996) for Fynbos Biome. The current concept of the Greater Cape Floristic Region includes the combination of Fynbos and Succulent Karoo biomes. Fynbos Biome The Fynbos Biome ...
Protea odorata
Plant... Protea odorata is a small, sparsely branched, evergreen, fynbos shrub, that grows about 0.7–1.2 m high. It has a single stem, ... absorption from the very nutrient poor soil typical of the fynbos; normally these roots are not far from the soil surface. ...
Elegia aggregata
Plant... female plants, where pollination takes place. Unlike other fynbos plants, like ericas and proteas, insects (pollinators) play no role in ... not disturb the roots too much. Restio roots, like any other fynbos plant, are very sensitive. You need to be careful that they are not ...
Rafnia triflora
Plant... weather patterns of the Western Cape and is found only in fynbos. The fynbos is a fire-prone vegetation type. Rafnias survive fires by re-sprouting ...
Elegia fenestrata
Plant... new coppice growth after fires, which occur regularly in fynbos areas. Restionaceae To grow any restios successfully, ... that are adapted to a long dry season. Like most other fynbos plants, restios will benefit from a mulch of well-rotted compost. The ...
Fynbos plants for fynbos gardens
Information Library itemSource: Kirstenbosch NBG1 | Copyright: SANBI
A list of mainly fynbos plants suitable for fynbos gardens, i.e. winter-rainfall gardens in an open, sunny situation with ... in summer, once established. Kirstenbosch NBG plant lists fynbos fynbos garden water-wise western cape acidic soil SANBI Fynbos ...
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... The seed is treated with smoke derived from dry and wet fynbos plant material. Treatment can be done in a smoking tent or seed can be ... to prevent fungal infection. Sow the seed on well-drained fynbos soil and cover with a finely sieved fynbos mixture. The seed takes about ...
Serruria rosea
Plant... are fruits) are released two months after flowering. Fynbos is a fire-driven system which means the vegetation requires fire once ... away from predators like mice. Fire moves through the fynbos in late summer killing all the mother plants of S. rosea. In early ...
Serruria brownii
Plant... grows fast and will quickly mature into a bushy shrublet. Fynbos species like serrurias are not long-lived plants and after 5-8 years ... The bottlebrush spiderhead requires the following in a fynbos garden: well-drained granitic soil that, once planted, is disturbed as ...
Diosma haelkraalensis
Plant... and stony or rocky soil, where it is planted amongst other fynbos species. The ideal time for planting is between autumn and winter, which is the rainy season in the fynbos. This will enable plants to have a better chance of becoming established ...