74500. Michel [188.143.232.26] 03 Sep 2015 - 08:31 |
I like it a lot homoranthus prolixus The flora there is probably the best in the world, with 9,000 species packed into a relatively small area. The ground-hugging fynbos is agony to walk through, with wiry-stemmed pelargoniums and heath-like plants that scratch your legs. Weather patterns differ from one side of the Cape to the other, especially close to the coast. To generalise, the eastern side (closest to Asia) gets a knock-on dose of summer rainfall from developing typhoons and monsoons, while the western side gets most of its rainfall in winter, rather like the Mediterranean. Herbaceous plants in both places tend to follow watercourses; I saw kniphofias stretching down a wet hillside stream as far as the eye could see, in full flower. No wonder they prefer wet British summers to drought.
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