Hi from South Africa! · The Potted Garden Society

Hi from South Africa!

Hello all, I'm from England originally but have been living in the Western Cape of South Africa for the last 28 years. There are some fascinating plants here. I've grown plants in pots intermittently for many years but I'm currently growing things I can eat - mostly herbs... rosemary, thyme, basil, dill, oregano... and also chillies. I also plant some in my garden which I have left to grow pretty wild.

Really my first love is animals but I enjoy all things related to nature and wildlife - plant, animal, fungus... I also do a bit of (amateur) photography and enjoy taking close up pics of our very small creatures - even when they are sucking the sap out of my plants.

I have recently been given some other pot plants by an elderly neighbour who could no longer look after them, mostly indigenous, and I'm trying to identify them! I live in a (usually) very dry area and it gets pretty hot in summer... mid 30 s to 40 ish this year. We're going into autumn now so it's cooled down and I'm going to see if I can plant a few out or maybe just leave them in pots. They are overcrowded though so I'll need to repot some

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