South Africa Plant World

Season's changing to mid summer and the newest blooms are out: Hypoxis setosa (African Potato) pictured here, never really seem to stop flowering. The Dais cotinifolia (pom pom tree) is in full bloom. Lovely sight, but they do need well-drained soil to grow.

Please note, I"m not allowed to say it ususally, but my blog seems to be the best place to tell you: I AM AN INDIGENOUS PLANT EXPERT. Hah!

Recent conversation with client:

She: It's indigenous, it's got a red flower it sounds like 'Canvas'

Me: Red? Canvas? You don't mean Cyrtanthus?

She: no, no, canvas!

This goes on for a while then:

She: Are you stupid?

Me: No, but you're not asking me for the right thing.

Carries on and ends in impasse.

Sudden midnight realisation: She meant Cannas!

Folks in case you don't know - cannas guzzle water and many of them are invasive weeds!