11/08/2026
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๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ, and today we introduce you to the ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐
๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ฌ. Classified as โ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐โ by the The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
We often see this species growing in the greater ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐, which includes the residential buffer zone towns of Kleinmond, Bettyโs Bay, Pringle Bay, and
Rooiels, as well as the agricultural buffer zone of Grabouw. It flowers in April (autumn in the Southern Hermisphere), and October (peak springtime). In recent years, the genus
Serruria has successfully been propagated and sold as flowering pot plants. This enables people living in the Kogelberg Biosphere buffer zones to transplant these vulnerable plants to their already ideal sandstone-rich yards, so the plant and itโs companion species can continue thriving.
The Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens, where we end one of our days of hiking on our๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ, has a tremendous wealth of expertise, books, plants, and other
resources to help locals establish thriving indigenous and species-supportive gardens.
โTill next time! Christie
๐ธ Sam McCarren