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By Mongabay.com Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern ...
Ox tongue (Gasteria glomerata) is a succulent gem. Foliage consists of paired leaves, each of which is thick and covered with ...
Designed by Katie Lewis, estate architect at The Newt in Somerset, alongside Babylonstoren’s master botanists Ernst van ...
Use the phrase "drenches between droughts" to guide your watering regime, as your succulents will do best when fully drenched before being left for at least a month for the compost to dry out. When ...
GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS AND VIDEO - A small plane crash-landed on a koppie this afternoon next to Karee Kamma Road in the Klein Karoo close to Van Wyksdorp. The pilot, believed to be a trainee, ...
An Amazing Succulent Soil Option (Especially for Those Who Don’t Like to Water Often) Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 21, 2025 Hi, I’m Cassidy Tuttle! I'm the founder the ...
Foden’s study of these succulents (from the same family as aloe vera) was prompted by reports of the plants dying off in great numbers in Namibia. She’s spent the intervening years visiting ...
These plants—some resembling green thumb tips, others like rounded stones—have been confiscated from poachers and smugglers who illegally harvested them from the Succulent Karoo biome.