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Flowers in Cape Town

4 flower experiences and 5 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Cape Town, South Africa.

Things to do with flowers in Cape Town

3 are in season this month.

🇿🇦 Cape Town · All yearKirstenbosch National Botanical GardenA garden of South African plants on the slopes of Table Mountain, at its best from late winter to spring.

🇿🇦 Cape Town · All yearAdderley Street flower sellersA covered lane off Cape Town's main street where families have sold flowers for generations.

🇿🇦 Cape Town · Aug to NovFynbos walks on the Cape Peninsula and at HermanusDay walks through the Cape floral kingdom, the smallest and one of the richest plant regions on earth.

🇿🇦 Cape Town · Aug to SepThe flower route from Cape Town to NieuwoudtvilleA spring road trip north from Cape Town through a chain of wildflower reserves.

ShowFlowers Decorations Places

ColourRed Pink Orange Yellow White Cream Blue Purple Green Maroon Many-coloured

In flowerSpring Summer Monsoon Autumn Winter

Place Company's Garden Cape Town’s historic public garden and heritage park Cape Town, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Flower garden

Place Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden A major garden for South Africa’s native plants in Cape Town Cape Town, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Protea neriifolia A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts 🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower

Silver treeLeucadendron argenteum A rare South African tree with silky silver leaves and scented pink flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering tree

Grey tree-pincushionLeucospermum conocarpodendron A tall South African shrub with yellow pincushion-like flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering shrub

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
Silver tree: Andrew Massyn, Public domain, source
Grey tree-pincushion: Abu Shawka, Public domain, source
Company's Garden: Jorge Lascar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden: Didier B ( Sam67fr ), CC BY 2.5, source
West Coast Flower Route: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Adderley Street Flower Sellers: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Cape Fynbos Walks: Rialfver at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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