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Agathosma gonaquensis
Plant... four true leaves have developed. Use a medium suitable for fynbos. Feed plants regularly but sparingly with a ... pot the rooted cuttings using a well-drained, humus-rich, fynbos potting medium (2 parts leaf mould, 1 part coarse ... and avoid cultivating the soil around the roots of these fynbos plants. They are slow-growing plants and should not be ...
Leucadendron pubescens
Plant... with fungicide and smoke derived from burning wet and dry fynbos plant material to break the seed dormancy. Sow the seeds on well-drained fynbos mix, cover the seeds at about the same depth of the ... the cuttings into small, nursery bags or pots, using a fynbos soil mixture that is well drained and acidic ...
... in the natural habitat. Sow in autumn, in a well-drained fynbos mix consisting of 1 part loam, 1 part bark, and 2 ... are sensitive to it. Companion plants include other fynbos species like restios and ericas, which share similar ... diversity in South Africa. It is a cornerstone of the Fynbos Biome, contributing significantly to the biodiversity ...
... subsp. meridiana occurs within the fire-driven fynbos ecosystem. Fire plays a very important role in ... long flowering period adds colour and beauty to a mixed fynbos border or rockery. Place it alongside Leucospermum ... placing the sown seed trays inside a tent, filling it with fynbos smoke, and leaving it for 2–2.5 hours or until the ...
... to encourage new growth. Ericas are relatively short-lived fynbos plants and survive on average up to between 10 and 15 ... in a smoke extract (usually obtained from burning fynbos plant material). This will speed up the germination ... Ericas are one of the most important groups of plants of fynbos vegetation. The occurrence of heaths in East Africa, ...
Protea nana
Plant... that is killed by fire, a known ecological system in the fynbos. This species is serotinous, which means it holds on ... such as the phosphorus-deficient native soils of the Fynbos. Proteaceae Protea nana can be propagated from seed or ... soil, mixed with decomposed pine bark or a commercial fynbos soil mix. The growing media should be acidic with a pH ...
Leucospermum catherinae
Plant... seed trays containing a well-drained mix of bark and fynbos soil (50:50 mix). Place the seed on top of the soil ... be pricked out into bags containing a sandy, well-drained fynbos soil. Grow on for a year before planting out, ensuring ... pers. comm. 2010). Leucospermum catherinae is ideal in a fynbos setting in the home garden. In a warm sunny position ...
Paranomus bracteolaris
Plant... the cuttings into small, nursery bags/pots, using a fynbos soil mixture that is well drained and acidic. Seed ... germination. Use a smoking tent and burn the dry and green fynbos materials or use smoke packets to treat the seed. The ... Paranomus bracteolaris makes a good display in the fynbos garden. It has a very attractive, greyish green ...
Achyranthemum sordescens
Plant... to grow a wider range of species. When choosing to grow fynbos plants from seed, smoke treatment is advised for ... using a smoke disc. Alternatively, smoke from burning fynbos can be pumped into an airtight tent containing the ... Use a well-drained, sandy, acidic soil medium suitable for fynbos plants. Scatter the seeds evenly and cover with a thin ...
Serruria elongata
Plant... is not protected from predation by rodents or the frequent fynbos fires, as native ants do. Proteaceae Serruria elongata ... into a 1kg bag with a soil mixture of fine-milled bark and fynbos sand after three weeks. They should be grown on until ... Sow seeds in a seed tray with fine-milled bark and fynbos sand in a well-drained medium. Transplant the ...