Crassula falcata, Propeller plant. On reclaimed wood shelf, 2022. . . #PopArt #ContemporaryArt #PlantArt #SucculentArt #PlantsAndStuff #Succulents #PopArtist #ContemporaryArtist #PlantArtist #SucculentArtist #SouthAfricanPlants #CapeOfGoodHope (at East side, San Antonio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkxY_B-sl8p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Looking for an indoor-outdoor green friend? The Ice Plant (Carpobrotus edulis) may be the next houseplant to add to your wish list, but take care in keeping it contained to your home and garden.

Ice Plants make attractive angular succulent leaves and have trailing growth along with shimmery yellow or pale pink flowers in spring. The succulent leaves have a “glittery” appearance due to their texture. As potted plants, they need plenty of sun and can be kept outside in the UK unless there is frost. They are frost tender and must be protected or moved inside in winter.

Native to South Africa, the Ice Plant has evolved to thrive in coastal environments with salty spray, steep cliffs, and nutrient-poor sandy soil. Ice Plants can easily outcompete native coastal plant species and become invasive in places like California, USA, the Mediterranean, Australian coasts, and Cornwall, UK. When Ice Plants take over an area, they make the soil more acidic - which is favourable to Ice Plants while making it more difficult for other plants to grow.

How did this frost tender plant become invasive in the UK though? Ice Plants have taken over specific areas of Cornwall, where the cliff and dune environments rarely have frost due to the warm Gulf Stream ocean current. They are escapees from gardens where Ice Plants are used as ground cover, and in the mid 20th century it was introduced to slow dune erosion. Some areas, like the scenic Lizard Point in Cornwall, are carpeted in Ice Plants and many visitors assume they are a native species. Although the climate is not warm enough for their fruits to ripen, the plant spreads prodigiously via fragmentation (new plants growing from broken off pieces). Therefore, there is probably low genetic diversity among the Ice Plant populations in Cornwall, which may make them more vulnerable to pests and diseases in the long run.

The Ice Plant can be a “nice plant” as long as you keep it strictly in captivity!

Is this Serruria villosa? It matches all the descriptions I could find, except this was in late August, and the flower was white (supposed to be April-July and yellow, respectively).

The African Lilies are so beautiful today with their spiky white flowers in the shape of spheres. They are originally from South African but grow amazingly out here in Ireland do to the earths natural rich clay and sandy loams, and it’s mild winters.

#africanlily #africanlilies #lilies #southafricanplants #irelandplants #irelandflowers #africanflowers #africanplants #flowers #whiteflowers #sphereflowers #cuteplants #indoorplants #gardenlife #iloveplants #gardening #garden #gardener #homegrown #backyardgardening #containergardening #indoorgarden #indoorplants #gardenspace #organicgardening #indoorplants #houseplants #instaplants #indoorgarden #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantlifestyle #plantsarefriends #ediblehouseplants

So many paths to explore! 🌸🌳🌼 Happy California Native Plant Week. Western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) here to welcome you as you enter the California Native Plant garden ☀️ Senecio glastifolius blooming en masse in the South Africa garden along with so much more—stay tuned to our stories for more highlights from this section 🌍 Otherworldly chartreuse Puya chilensis from Chile in peak flower in the Succulent Garden 🌵 #sfbotanicalgarden #spring #traveltheworldin55acres #everybodysgarden #californianativeplantweek #canativeplants #rhododendronoccidentale #southafricanplants #senecioglastifolius #chileanplants #puyachilensis (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxvlzagTRD/?igshid=y9cwlsbu33s9

Schotia brachypetala or Weeping Boerbean. I’ve been waiting 15 years to see this flower, grown from seed. Many of you will think this is madness but true plants people will sympathize. #mediterraneangarden #southafricanplants #southafricantrees #mallorca https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0jtGCDUSK/?igshid=6flgv8na52cb

#selfie #magnoliophyta #strelitzia #liliopsida #snapchat #quarantine #sunsetfeel #indoorplants #exoticflowers #quarantinelife #southafricanplants #birdofparadise #craneflowers #strelitzianicolai #birdsofparadise #indoorplant #zingiberales 👚 🌿 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QVYLOD2Pw/?igshid=yhiskztpdnh2

Crassula Falcata aka Propeller plant blooming 💚💚🎈 #crassula #crassulafalcata #southafricanplants #weirdplants #coolplants #plantsarecool #succulentsofinsta #succulenthoarder #succulentobsessed #succulentobsession #suculenta #suculentasycactus #sukulent #ihavethisthingwithplants #flowerphotography #crassulaflowers #plantphotography #succulentjunkie #succulentaholic #discovertheplantcommunity #ilovesucculents #mygardentoday #mijardin #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantsmakemehappy #idrinkwineandigrowthings #succulove #succulover #succulentlovers #succulentlover https://www.instagram.com/p/B1SFyO-hyYc/?igshid=1hf8a0ixpfmtf

“Our story beings on a Sunday afternoon, just between Halfway Tree and Spanish Town; where a young boy, not yet the cock o'the walk that he would soon become, was lying on the grass and taking in the sweet and sensuous scent of hibiscus that languidly lilted along the summer breeze…” —@devendrabanhart’s “Shabop Shalom” 🤍 🌺 🤍 Though usually associated with Hawai’i & other tropical motifs, hibiscus are actually a large genus (with several hundred species) in a huge family of flowering plants (the mallows), distributed throughout the world. #flower #flowers #hibiscus #mallows #bloom #blossom #yellow #plants #botany #scicomm #malvaceae #devendrabanhart #shabopshalom #jamaica #southafricanplants #plantzafrica @botsocsa @grbotsoc @sanbi_za @the.bdi (at Wittedrif, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRewUA3JRny/?utm_medium=tumblr

Our very young garden at Sasol Allandale is starting to take shape.#sasol #southafricanplants #sustainableliving #sustainablegardening#sustainabledesign #landscapearchitecture #waterfall#midrand #urbaniclandscaping #urbanic#theurbangarden (at Sasol Allandale) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_35lDwJCNa/?igshid=1bhqqzq74l4ut

New leaves forming on my Faucaria seedlings. #faucaria #faucariaboscheana #mesembs #southafricanplants #succulents #floraofsouthafrica #grownfromseed #belloniahorticultura #vivero #nursery #jarabacoa #plants #botany #garden #garening #horticulture #jardin #jardineria #horticultura

Some South African Oxalis species I saw in Western Cape.

Haworthia reinwardtii at Longwood Gardens #haworthia #succulents #longwoodgardens #pa #travel #photographer #USA #pensilvania #pacphotography #туризм #США #пенсильвания #сад #urban #succulent #парк #succulentlove #garden #хавортия #succulentphotography #succulentlife #green #haworthiareinwardtii #succulentsofinstagram #succulentgarden #succulentplant #southafricanplants #winter @longwoodgardens (at Longwood Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrJ1iprJfR/?igshid=3ccbqdazbh62

#houseplantsofinstagram #houseplantclub #houseplantdiary #californiaplants #aroidadicts #houseplantjournal #houseplant #houseplantsmakemehappy #houseplantlove #houseplantcommunity #botanicalgardens #southafricanplants #amazingplants #crazyplantlady #crazyplantpeople #rareplant #indonesiaplantsclub #urbanjunglebloggers #urbanjungle #tropicalplants #aroidaddicts #plantsmakepeoplehappy #ihavethisthingwithurbanjungles #ukplants #plantsofinstagram #anthurium #canadaplants #americanplants (di Bogor, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTeztqJPXJb/?utm_medium=tumblr

Summer in the South Africa Garden✨ • Strophanthus speciosus • Erica abietina • Erica lateralis • Kniphofia 'Wrexham Buttercup' • Berkheya purpurea • Salvia africana-lutea • Cannomois grandis • Amaryllis belladonna • #sfbotanicalgarden #southafricanplants #fridayflowers (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDC8YbTA377/?igshid=f87kp4d79h3a