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Flowers in Western Cape

5 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Western Cape, South Africa.

Amaryllis A South African bulb with pink or white funnel-shaped blooms on bare stems 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Bulb flower

Calla lilyZantedeschia Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower

Red pincushion-proteaLeucospermum cordifolium A South African shrub with bright, pincushion-like flower heads 🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower

King ProteaProtea cynaroides South Africa’s national flower with the largest bloom in its genus 🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering shrub

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

Hanakotoba: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red pincushion-protea: Cs california, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
King Protea: © Pierre André, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

The weekly bunch

Every Monday: what is in bloom, the flower festivals of the week, seven flowers you may not know and one tradition explained.