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Erica walkeria
Plant... a smoke-water mixture, or expose the seed trays to burning fynbos plant smoke (in a tent). An acidic, well-drained ... cuttings are planted in a substrate that is favourable to fynbos (such as a mixture of fine-milled bark and perlite). ... the cuttings are potted into 2 kg nursery bags with a fynbos soil mixture after being hardened off for a week in a ...
... The seed is treated with smoke derived from dry and wet fynbos plant material. Treatment can be done in a smoking ... to prevent fungal infection. Sow the seed on well-drained fynbos soil and cover with a finely sieved fynbos mixture. The seed takes about 6 weeks to germinate. ...
Othonna quinquedentata
Plant... Fire plays a major role in the processes found in the Fynbos vegetation. Many Fynbos species are resprouters while many others are ... abundant and is very noticeable in the early succession of Fynbos. Othonna quinquedentata can withstand harsh ...
Serruria rosea
Plant... they are fruits) are released two months after flowering. Fynbos is a fire-driven system which means the vegetation ... away from predators like mice. Fire moves through the fynbos in late summer killing all the mother plants of S. ... good combinations. The rose spiderhead will grow well in a fynbos garden provided you can give it the following: a ...
Staavia radiata
Plant... 2 to 3 weeks. Seeds are treated with smoke from burning fynbos before being sown; this breaks the seed dormancy and ... The cuttings are placed in a medium suitable for fynbos (a mixture of fine-milled bark and perlite). The ... shady area and then potted into 2 kg nursery bags, using a fynbos soil mix. They are watered regularly and given organic ...
Serruria brownii
Plant... grows fast and will quickly mature into a bushy shrublet. Fynbos species like serrurias are not long-lived plants and ... The bottlebrush spiderhead requires the following in a fynbos garden: well-drained granitic soil that, once planted, ... in your garden, try to build a slope and plant your fynbos along it. At Kirstenbosch, plants thrive along the ...
Cyclopia pubescens
Plant... The fruit is a pod. Cyclopia is endemic to the Fynbos Biome, species occur on the coastal plains and in ... them. Cyclopia pubescens is restricted to Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, more specifically Rowallan Park Grassy Fynbos, a vegetation type which is currently listed 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 ... shrubs. Diosma haelkraalensis forms part of a group of fynbos plants that grow on alkaline soils found on limestone ...
Erica calcareophila
Plant... to August. Erica calcareophila is a member of a group of fynbos species that occur in limestone fynbos. It can be found alongside plant species such as Erica ... the ability to thrive in alkaline soils, where most fynbos species grow in acidic soils and will die in alkaline ...
Diosma oppositifolia
Plant... in a scented garden, or used as a filler shrub in the fynbos garden or water-wise garden. It also makes an ... for stoeps (verandas) and terraces. Unlike many other fynbos plants, this buchu grows equally well in acid or ... and avoid cultivating the soil around the roots of these fynbos plants. They are water-wise plants and once ...