Succulent Cupcakes available at Vetplantfees

Something new and VERY succulent. Nereen Saayman, is creating Succulent Cupcakes. Her designs are so realistic that we have…

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Workshop – Succulent Plant Propagation

New at Vetplantfees 2018, a dedicated workshop to teach you how propagate succulents from seed or cuttings. Offered by…

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Workshop – Container Gardening with Succulents

New at Vetplantfees 2018, a dedicated workshop to teach you how to best approach gardening with succulents in containers….

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Bookings Open – Veld Walks – Vetplantfees 2018

Trained Cape Nature guides will escort small groups of enthusiast on a 90-minute walk to Calitzdorp’s famous Jakkalskop where…

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Plant of the Month – May 2018

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Flowering Right Now – March 2018

Check out these beauties we found flowering in the Klein Karoo in the last couple of days. Remember to…

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Plant of the Month – Mar 2018

Euphorbia gamkensis (Marx 1999) Calitzdorp Euphorbia Our own Calitzdorp Euphorbia. Euphorbis gamkensis grows a large, more or less cylindrical underground…

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Plant of the Month – Feb 2018

Portulacaria afra (Jacquin 1786) Spekboom (Pork Bush) Elephant’s food, isiCococo (Zulu) iGqwanitsha (Xhoza) This plant is very popular among succulent collectors and growers,…

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Plant of the Month – Jan 2018

Tylecodon cacalioides (Tolken 1978) (Krismisnenta, Krimpsiektebos) This plant is flowering profusely as this article is being written. We are just…

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Plant of the Month – Dec 2017

Delosperma calitzdorpense L. Bolus 1950 If the name strikes a familiar tone, it is because this plant is known to…

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