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Protea grandiceps
Plant... to encourage the sensitive proteoid root. Avoid using strong artificial fertilizers containing phosphorus, as they ... placed in an airtight plastic tent and smoke from burning fynbos is piped in for 30 minutes, the air is then allowed to ... in the past. Protea grandiceps is an excellent shrub for a fynbos garden and can be planted with most fynbos shrubs, ...
Erica canaliculata
Plant... not have appendages such as awns. The fresh flowers have a strong fragrance, which becomes very noticeable while working ... the correct, well-draining growing medium is provided. Fynbos planting medium is made up of a combination of equal ... very showy species when in flower. It is recommended as a strong growing, reliable garden plant and is easy to maintain ...
Erica baccans
Plant... NBG Erica baccans is an erect, woody, densely branched, strong-growing shrub reaching an average height of 1-2 m. ... light green needle-like leaves giving this species a 'soft fynbos' textural effect. Small, urn-shaped flowers are ... matures on the dying plant. Grow Erica baccans in the fynbos garden, where it looks very attractive inter-planted ...
Mimetes hirtus
Plant... and rodents, and fire. Mimetes hirtus forms part of fynbos, a fire-adapted flora. The adult plants are reseeders ... the planting soil in the container. Alternatively, a sandy fynbos mix can be created using acid river sand and composted ... been reported by Adriaan Hanekom, manager of the Caledon Fynbos Nursery. Planting: The plants may need toughening up ...
Protea amplexicaulis
Plant... surface is ivory to pale pink. The flowerheads give off a strong yeasty odour which attracts pollinators, like small ... from the main stem. Fire has a rejuvenating effect on many fynbos plants. The flowerheads are produced at ground-level and have a strong yeasty odour, which attracts mice and shrews. As they ...
... began a concerted search amongst the remnants of lowland fynbos on and near the Peninsula for lost and rare Erica ... parks in the Pretoria area that displayed collections of fynbos plants. No records exist of how the plants came to be ... three: Rondevlei Nature Reserve, an area of sand plain fynbos within the Table Mountain Park at Tokai and the centre ...
Elegia cuspidata
Plant... in autumn. Summer in the Western Cape is characterized by strong southeasterly winds. These winds are responsible for ... themed garden where it can be combined with other fynbos species with similar growing requirements. For example ... they can be pricked out into 6-packs or plug trays. Use a fynbos potting medium consisting of 1 part loam, 8 parts bark ...
Diosma prama
Plant... litre bags when four true leaves have developed, using a fynbos medium. Pinch out the growing tips of the seedlings to ... pot the rooted cuttings using a well-drained, humus-rich, fynbos potting medium (2 parts leaf mould, 1 part coarse ... of 1.5 m. Leaves are linear, dull blue-green, with a strong scent when crushed. Flowers white or greenish in ...
Protea mundii
Plant... mundii is a pioneer in the successional stages from tall fynbos to evergreen forest (Rourke 1980). It is pollinated by ... , Felicia , Salvia and Leonotus to create an attractive Fynbos garden. This shrub or small tree grows well on a ... burn can be created by burning a mixture of dry and green fynbos leaf and stem material. Seed trays should be left in ...
Serruria glomerata
Plant... and containers, provided drainage is good. Grow it in the fynbos garden, the Mediterranean garden, or in gardens on the ... have acidic soil. It is also a candidate for the coastal fynbos garden, as in nature it grows in sight of the sea, ... river sand, composted pine bark and loam. Do not feed with strong fertiliser, preferably feed with more frequent small ...