Spring flowers

It is spring and the country side is a blaze of colour, but one aspect about living in the Eastern Cape is that no matter what month it is you will always find flowers.

A trip to the van Staden's Wild Flower Reserve this weekend provided a delightful feast for the senses.

King protea opening up

The Pincushion protea (Leucospermum cuneiforme) is putting on a magnificent display.

Strelitzia regina also known as the crane flower or bird of paradise.

Winter wonderland

The road from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town is not called the Garden Route for nothing. At almost any time of the year there will be a profusion of flowers of one kind or another.

It is now the turn of the Ericas. Though they are blooming along the road these were taken at the van Staden's Wild Flower Reserve this weekend.