Cycas Revoluta

The Cycas or Sago palm, cycadaceae, is a genus of about 15 species. This one, the C. revoluta is better known as the Japaneese sago palm.
These are another batch of plants I spotted in the Cape Garden Centre.
It is generally a very robust plant but with age it tends to begin to lean over, begin [...]

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Beaucarnea recurvata

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Some of these plants were used in the building of the garden in Wallacedene.
Once again they came from The Cape Garden Centre.  
They were however planted as a smaller species [you'll see them in the images below in sand in a liner similar to a 1 litre pot]. Once again and yet again to say I [...]

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Leucospermum cordifolium x glabrum

I was blown away when I saw this plant displayed at The Cape Garden Centre.
I have seen these guys before… but they are very much a rarity, in Ireland anyway and moreso in such abundance.
The Leucospernum, commonly known as the pincushion, Protaeaceae, is a genus of about 47 species of evergreen shrubs. What is amazing about [...]

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Cape Garden Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

Whilst building the garden in the Wallacedene Township in South Africa, I would first like to note that I was a part of a team. A very large team. And I simply played a part.
To that there where so many really good people I met out there. One in particular was a really good guy [...]

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donegan, electric picnic & a pink boat

I went down to electric picnic ‘09 on the Sunday, late in the aftrenoon. Just for the one night/ day. My good friends Michael & Nicola were getting married on the Saturday and I couldn’t miss that
Thanks so much to Sian Maloney, Anthony Sarah, Amy & sis Blaithín Ben and all the really [...]

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