In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

Q:When I was in South Africa, I was fascinated to see king protea growing wild. I tried unsuccessfully to bring back a starter kit for one of them. It didn't grow. I have kept an eye out for one here ...

Fynbos is fire-dependent vegetation: it needs to burn around every 15 years to stimulate new growth. Over millennia, fynbos plants have developed remarkable adaptations — some only release their seeds ...

Pretoria - University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are at the forefront of a very special first for South African plant sciences. They have unravelled the precise genetic make-up of the country’s ...

South Africa's Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency website is officially live with the national flower- the King Protea - as the logo which reflects the country's identity, landscape, and cultural ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 37, No. 1, Special issue on postharvest (2023), pp. 49-58 (10 pages) Carried out within the LIFE17ENV/IT/000347-SUBSED project ...

(1) Seedling development under nutrient-deficient conditions was investigated for five bradysporous members of the Proteaceae to test the hypothesis that large seed size and high embryo nutritional ...

Proteas are native to South Africa and also flourish in southern Australia. They are large and many are grown for the cut flower industry. Protea neriifolia Cream Mink is spectacular in winter with ...