An indigenous touch.

Out of the six main biomes of our beautiful earth, Fynbos (which many consider synonymous with the Cape Floral Kingdom) is the smallest, but richest per area. Over a third of all South Africa's plant species call this biome their home, even though the Kingdom covers less than 6% of the country! One of the most famous Fynbos species is of course the Protea, with the King Protea being our country's national flower. Out of all the different Protea species, the one that joined our rapidly-growing little garden is the Liebencherry.

We planted her next to the sunflower bed - seeing as they love the sun. They are very drought resistant, low-maintenance plants that can bush out a width of 1,5 meters and reach a hight of about 2 meters. Not to mention their beautiful red-pink flowers, whom I'm told will arrive around our winter (June/July).

Despite all the beautiful plants that have made their way to South Africa from all across the world, I still think its important to look after and promote indigenous plant growth. We will definitely be adding a few more members of the Fynbos family to ours pretty soon.