Day 117 Snake Thistle
The Snake thistle is one of our wild flowers so pretty to look at not so good to touch.
Day 111 Fields Of Blue
The swathes of Agapanthus flowering at Kirstenbosch look like fields of blue, so beautiful.
Day 109 Cobra Lily
The Cobra Lily or Chasmanthe Floribunda is one of the Cape's indigenous flowers, always so stunning especially in a group.
Day 104 Blue Flax
Flax is also known as common flax or linseed. Grown mainly for its oil and nutritional value the fibres from the plant are also used for making linen.
Who would have believed that such a delicate looking flower could have so many uses?
Day 102 Pig’s Ear
Pig's Ear or Cotyledon orbicular flowers looking like drooping bells, so pretty.
Day 96 Raindrops
Loved the look of the raindrops and colours on these Protea leaves.
Day 93 Coral Trumpets
Angel's trumpet - Brugmansia Suaveolens so pretty in their coral colour, like ballerina skirts. So pretty and yet can be so deadly as the angel’s trumpet contains scopolamine, a highly dangerous chemical which, if ingested, can induce intense hallucinations and even prove fatal.
Day 91 April Fool Flower For April Fool’s Day
I don't know how this flower was given its name, possibly because it flowers in April?
Day 88 Impala Lilies
The Impala Lily has to be one of the most spectacular flowers of the highveld.
Day 82 Pretty Pink Princess Margaret Rose
The Princess Margaret Rose is one of the most perfect roses for the vase, Long stems and a beautiful pale pink rose. Have it growing in my garden.