South African flower books
Diane Whitehead (Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:47:01 PDT)

Most of the books I own which show pictures of South African flowers
restrict themselves to the Cape. Many seeds offered by seed
exchanges and Silverhill do not come from the Cape, so I have been
out of luck seeing pictures unless there are some online.

I was at the bookstore of the University of California at Santa Cruz
Botanic Garden recently, and found a collection of South African Wild
Flower Guides written by John Manning and Peter Goldblatt and
published by the Botanical Society of South Africa. I bought the 9th
in the series: Nieuwoudtville, Bokkeveld Plateau and Hantam. It is
the most recently published, 2nd amended edition in 2002. I chose
this one because the first chapter describes the geology and climate
of the area, and a couple of parts of it seem similar to where I live
- with cold winter rainfall. I will concentrate my efforts on
growing plants from this area. (except for others whose pictures I
can't resist).

Other books in the series are Namaqualand,
Karoo,
Cape Peninsula,
West Coast,
Southern Overberg,
Outeniqua, Tsitsikama and Eastern Little Karoo,
Transvaal Lowveld and Escarpment,
Hottentots Holland to Hermanus

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil