Plant Sightings

Known mostly as a drought tolerant ground cover or trailing basket ornamental, this little iceplant, Baby Sun Rose (aka Mesembryanthemum […]

Lungwort  (Lobaria pulmonaria) is an epiphytiuc lichen that looks like a leaf,  but is made up of three organisms from

Bell  peppers come in green, orange, yellow, red, purple, chocolate, white  and striped—truly making it possible to ‘eat the rainbow’!

Honeybush  (Cyclopia spp.) is the common name for several species of Cyclopia that  are found in South Africa and commonly

You are looking at a true living fossil—one of our most ancient plants on the earth today and still useful!

Native  to a small region in the Western Cape of South Africa, Rooibos  (Aspalathus linearis) is an herb commonly used

Highly favored in horticulture due to their beauty, Fuchsias (Fuchsia spp.) belong to a genus consisting of about 110 species

Edible Perfume- that is how I would describe the experience of consuming these edible flowers. This  South American native large

The  Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum aethiopicum) is to me—as its name implies—one  of the most very delicate-looking and beautiful ferns that

Feng Shui practitioners recommend Jade Plants (Crassula ovata) for their symbolism of bringing luck, but also for increasing the “chi”