The Western Cape Province of South Africa holds the richest biodiversity in all of botany. Three-quarters of its 8,600 plant species are endemic, flourishing upon a mere 0.4 percent of earth -- a ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Q I am told that plants in the Protea family ...

In a floral coup, South Africa’s protea and fynbos exhibit at the 2024 Chelsea Flower Show in London, where it won a gold medal and awards for best design and best exhibit in the Grand Pavilion, will ...

Mlungele M. Nsikani receives funding from the South African National Biodiversity Institute. He is affiliated with the Society for Ecological Restoration. Invasive plants and trees were introduced to ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found nowhere else on earth. At Grootbos, science, conservation and luxury ...

Nearly half of South Africa’s Protea flowering plant species face extinction, with some wild populations having dwindled to a single individual, such as the Kraaifonein spiderhead — a member of the ...

CULLINAN - On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres from their natural home at ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Like many travellers to South Africa I’m here for the big things – the Big Five safari animals, sprawling wine estates, towering ...

Invasive plants and trees were introduced to South Africa from as early as the 17th century for a range of commercial, subsistence and ornamental uses. Today, every area of the country has been ...

The King Protea’s status offers it some protection but almost half of South Africa's other protea species face extinction because of pressures on their native habitats in the mountains of the Cape, ...