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Cycas Revoluta

Dec.14.2009  by  Peter Donegan

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

Nov.30.2009  by  Peter Donegan

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

Nov.23.2009  by  Peter Donegan

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

Nov.20.2009  by  Peter Donegan

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

Sep.16.2009  by  Peter Donegan

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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