Sunday 16 June 2013

Another Sunday walk!

 Yes, the King Proteas are still looking stunning!
Protea cynaroides
Protea cynaroides
Pinker above, and yellower below.
Protea cynaroides
and in all stages.....
Protea cynaroides
But there's more if you look harder, for example the Restios which one tends to walk past as 'just another reed'. The variety is amazing:
Restio
This flower above is from this tuft below:
but there are lots more types:
That's just a few examples!
We're starting to notice the plants of the next crop of Wachendorfias with their pleated, spear-like leaves:
Wachendorfia
There are still just two flowers on our favourite pink Helichrysum, but look closer:
Seed pod or bud?
The Brunias have a new crop of baubles:
As usual, the Lobelias seem quite happy growing in the middle of the road! Do they ever stop flowering?
The dam is nearly full again, it was dead still and the Club looked so inviting!
Elgin Grabouw country club
Tucked away where we know where to look, the fungi are thriving still:
This is a new plant for us, now in flower, right next to the road, and we've never noticed it before:
The flowers, leaves and buds:
On the way back, Oliver's growing frames looked interesting upside-down!
A few weeks ago in another area, we noticed this plant and wondered what it was:
Cunonia capensis
As a result of Pippa's Botanical Illustration course this last week, we now know it's a Butter Spoon tree, Cunonia capensis, Red Alder or Rooiels. It's easy to see how it got that first name!
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