Urban Green File, October 2009

October 1, 2009

Photos from wetlandPOOLS's post

The owner of this exquisite water feature was looking for some 'Wow factor' plants to frame the cheetah sculpture guarding her pond. The grasses, tea cups (colocasia esculenta), river stars (gomphostigma virgatum) and spiloxene aquatica (cape star...

Buddha contemplating his Winter wetlandPOOL and flowering waterblommetjies.

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This beautiful little Cape Star (Spiloxene aquatica) is a recent addition to our plant list. Dormant in summer they emerge in the winter months as a sprinkling of star flowers across the wetland.