European Gardening: The EU RR is on it's Way!, 1 by Mike_G

Mike_G wrote:
Yes, I had a good time in South Africa - I was there for just over a week, around the Cape Town area. Very hot: 28C + on most days, even into the 30s.

Climbed Table Mountain, which was amazing for plants. Apparently there are more species of plants in the Table Mountain area than in the whole of the UK! It was too late for the proteas, but still plenty of plants to see.

Drove through some other areas in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces, and into the "Little Karoo" area - very arid there. Plenty of examples of the "fynbos" type of flora, which we seem to hear a lot about as the U.K. climate gets drier.

Here's a picture from one overnight stop near the Swartberg Mountains in the Western Cape: