Plants and more

Funny how these seem to have gone out of fasion: Anisodontea

'Elegant Lady' is a super hybrid. Anisodontea capensis is great as a garden plant or for landscape rehabilitation. They're relatively short lived perennials, so just don't expect them to last forever! They like well-drained soil and lots of sun. Watch out for whitefly and root rot.

Plants, plants, plants and me

This is my blog: Lots more to come, and here's me!

Some good sites

Can I work out how to get website links onto my blog? Naaaahhh. Anyhow: if you love SA plants look into these: www.newplant,nursery.co.za .

http://www.safricanbulbs.org.za/Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa
http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za/Welcome to the Botanical Society of South Africa
http://www.plantzafrica.com/The site for information about plants native to southern Africa and related topics.
www.museums.org.za/bioBiodiversity explorer - featuring the diversity of life we encounter in southern Africa
http://www.fernkloof.com/ Share the beauty of the plants, flowers, scenery and wildlife of Fernkloof Nature Reserve with us.
www.sanbi.org/ Home to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

http://www.flora.sanbi.org/ Here you will find three datasets:· Interactive Flora of Southern & Southern Tropical Africa· Trees of Southern Africa· Interactive Mesembs

Sympathy for the devil

Invader plants are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide - nevertheless, many people feel 'sorry' for all the plants that get destroyed. Killing is never pleasant, but we must be pragmatic: Do we really want monocltures of bluegums and Lantana instead of our own flora?
I even read a letter to the press where a lady was accusing botanists of 'selfishness'. Amazing how emotional the debate, which should be scientific, becomes!

Toxic treasures in the picture at left (Nephrolepis and Lantana).