SU Botanical Garden

Oldest university botanical garden in South Africa. A green oasis in the historic center of Stellenbosch.

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Crinum moorei (Natal lily) in flower and brightening our collection at the fernery.

This is listed as Vulnerable on the Red List of South African Plants, with its wild populations decreasing by at least 20% in the… https://t.co/j9TzCBlT5B

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Flowering at Tropical house 1 is Phaius tankervilleae, commonly known as the Nun's hood orchid native to parts of Asia and islands in the Pacific Ocean. This is an easy to grow orchid that has a colorful display of… https://t.co/MSzXYqS5dj

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Today is Garden Day and in celebration, we are giving away free seed packs of either mixed indigenous spring daisies or a pollinator and pest control mix.
Entrance is free to everyone.

At 13h00 until 14h00 we will… https://t.co/iQxaK21ZHO

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Sunday the 20th is Garden Day and we will be celebrating it with some added soothing sounds of classical music by the lily pond where Nastassja Pretorius (left) and Annerie Senekal (right) will be performing at… https://t.co/BWx66TKRWQ

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Nothing short of weird, extreme and unique. Read more about the extreme #germination strategies of South Africa's common wood sorrel at https://t.co/kytIgDa3Kx @StellenboschUni @SUBotGarden

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Growing extinct in the wild plants from the only remaining pinch of seed is all in a days work for us... OK it's not. We're nervous. https://t.co/elohCievel

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Recalcitrant seed doesn't mean what it sounds like it means https://t.co/tL97G7zzRj

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Old seed packets have a lot to tell about our botanical garden's history. https://t.co/xX8rGf1SF5

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Two days ago, Nature & New Scientist highlighted research showing that humans have driven nearly 600 plant species extinct globally, more than the combined total for birds, mammals and amphibians. Sadly our solid South Africa data suggests reality is far, far worse.

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Cape Town one the global City Nature Challenge this year, with both the most species and the most observations. This is an accurate reflection of it's place as a centre of endemism and diversity within the most... https://t.co/gdxEKTwC6U

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CLOSED ELECTION DAY 2019

SU Botanical Garden and the Katjiepiering Restaurant will be closed Wednesday this week for Election Day 2019 to give all our staff a chance to vote.

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We will be doing tree management and thinning with the excellent team from Trees Unlimited at Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden all day today. We apologise for the noise and disruption but the garden and restaurant will remain open.

Find... https://t.co/YpO8oEXP3x

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Today is Earth Day, and the theme for the year is protecting threatened and endangered species. Oxalis attequana is a lovely example of how secure habitat can protect species, even rare and highly localised ones typical of our... https://t.co/mnlE5g5sm4

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AUTUMN PLANT AND TREE SALE

Now is the time to plant in the Cape and we're selling a range of well grown trees and plants at never to be repeated prices over Easter Weekend and next week:

SA INDIGENOUS... https://t.co/NdeuwfEW7R

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AUTUMN PLANT AND TREE SALE
Now is the time to plant in the Cape and we're selling a range of well grown trees and plants at never to be repeated prices over Easter Weekend and next week:

SA INDIGENOUS

Harpephyllum caffrum (wild... https://t.co/DZFl8ekjTq

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Scadoxus nutans is really unusual. No other member of the genus Scadoxus has downard facing flowers, but what really sets it apart, even within the Amaryllid family, is its preference for growing as an epiphyte... https://t.co/cAoqUIR7nx

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It's sad that we can now confirm that the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer and the tree-killing Fusarium fungus it carries as a food source, have now been found in Somerset West.

At the moment all we can do to... https://t.co/Qe8Bs7VD5m

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It looks like we’ll have the first overcast week of autumn and the Northern Hemisphere plants are loving the cooler weather and covered in flowers. This Camellia sasanqua has been cultivated in Japan since... https://t.co/uTku9qdqlv

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Paintbrushes of the Veld: Spotlight on Haemanthus https://t.co/Uf84gIIdIJ