What is the plant life like in South Africa?

What is the plant life like in South Africa?

Natural vegetation in South Africa varies from savanna through grassland with fewer trees to scrub and scattered bush and drier western areas. Because of dry summers Western Cape has a distinct vegetation of grasses, shrubs, and trees. The eastern coast has a more tropical plant life.

What are some plants that live in South Africa?

Plant Life

• Agapanthus.
• Amaryllis belladonna.
• Babiana genus.
• Barleria genus.
• Carpobrotus dimidiatus.
• Chasmanthe.
• Clematis brachiata.
• Clivia miniata.

How many plant species are there in South Africa?

20,000 plant species
20,000. plant species are found in South Africa – an astonishing 10% of all plants found on Earth.

What kind of animals do South Africa have?

It supports a wide range of ungulates including Burchell’s zebra, impala, greater kudu, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, warthog, Cape buffalo, giraffe and hippopotamus. There are also black and white rhinoceroses, African elephant, African wild dog, cheetah, leopard, lion and spotted hyena.

What kind of plants are in Jo’burg garden?

The garden is mainly indigenous, planted up with a selection of plants endemic to the area. Felicia add a splash of blue to the meadow-like plantings. From the patio, two wooden decks stretch out on either side of a dark-bottomed rim-flow pool providing fabulous vantage points over the area and the distant mountains.

What kind of plants do indigenous people use?

The idea was for the garden to be an indigenous meadow, with Aloe marlothii and cassia used as backdrop plants. Plants such as felicia, lessertia, dicoma, pelargonium, euphorbia, gladiolus and watsonia add colour in spring and summer.

Are there indigenous plants in Blair Atholl garden?

The Williamsons’ garden at Blair Atholl near Lanseria captures the very essence of nature in this riverine golf estate where suburbia meets countryside in the most unifying way. Cosmos has seeded itself in the garden. The garden is mainly indigenous, planted up with a selection of plants endemic to the area.

What kind of plants do you put in a garden?

Plants such as felicia, lessertia, dicoma, pelargonium, euphorbia, gladiolus and watsonia add colour in spring and summer. There are probably 250 plant species in the garden, which is looking fantastic, but will take years to develop as collecting special species takes time.