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Fynbos Biome
Vegetation... 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 ... replace grasses on nutrient-poor soils where there is a strong winter component to the annual rainfall. Sedges and ...
... grows intertwined with species of grass and other Fynbos vegetation and where fires can reach. Due to the ... and cultivated and is best for dry semi-alpine or alpine Fynbos gardens (Van Jaarsveld 2010). Best used as a ground ... easily grown in containers or hanging baskets but best in strong light. Snails and tiger moth caterpillars can be a ...
Secale africanum
Plant... of the cereal from the Mediterranean region. Best grown in fynbos or renosterveld gardens, planted in groups, in full ...
Aloe kouebokkeveldensis
Plant... rapidly and where there is little competition from other fynbos plants. Although the plants have shallow roots and ... coming rains. These are held in an erect position where strong gusts of wind dislodge them from the open capsule. The ... In South Africa, Aloe kouebokkeveldensis is best grown in fynbos gardens in the winter-rainfall Western Cape. Growing ...
Adenandra obtusata
Plant... fertiliser. Buchus naturally occurs in a mixed fynbos and ideally should be used in this way in a garden. ... into 0,5 l bags when 4 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 riched fynbos-potting medium (2 parts leafmould, 1 part coarse ...
Phylica ericoides
Plant... (Feb. to June). The flowers have a fairly strong honey scent. The fruit is a ± 4 mm long, obovate, ... so that it can settle in during the winter and it will be strong enough to survive the coming summer. Phylica ericoides ... Erica, commonly known as heaths or heathers. Like many fynbos species, Phylica ericoides does not have a generally ...
Agathosma pattisonae
Plant... summer-dry climate and unique assemblage of fire-adapted fynbos species. The tallest is the Clanwilliam cedar ( ... cliffs on eastern slopes of the Cederberg. Most of the fynbos plants have small, linear leaves, which is an ... Agathosma pattisonae would be ideal for dry stone walls in fynbos gardens (Van Jaarsveld 2010). Hugh Taylor in his ...
Erica empetrina
Plant... some of the mixed sand. Treatment of the seeds with ‘fynbos smoke’ or smoke extract greatly enhances ...
Iridaceae
Plant... or savannah, temperate grasslands, and perennially moist fynbos. A few species grow in marshes or along streams, and ... underground.This is particularly useful in grasslands and fynbos, which are adapted to regular burning in the dry ... can be shaded out by other vegetation. Many grassland and fynbos irids flower best after fires, and some fynbos species ...
Carpobrotus muirii
Plant... the Bolus Herbarium. This Albertinia sourfig grows wild in Fynbos vegetation. It is confined to the sandy flats near ... required position and kept moist until rooted. Best for fynbos and other warm temperate Mediterranean climate ...