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JakeTPegg · Apr 6, 2005, 3:44 AM

I'll try and get better pics during the weekend, but basically just to show the extent of these flowers ability to "invade". These flowers came into the country via horse feed brought in from the Argentines by the British soldiersduring the Anglo Boer war [1910 I think], and as a point of interest, the mountain at the back is the Amajuba mountain [Zulu for "place of the Doves"] where the Boers [Afrikaans] ran rings around the British, quite a prominent feature in SA history. I travelled about 400 km's yesterday, and these flowers were evident all along the roads throughout thewhole trip.

Regards

JakeTPegg · Apr 6, 2005, 3:46 AM

A closer look at the flowers

Canna W · Apr 6, 2005, 8:24 AM

Very fond of these flowers - but can't believe the scale on which they are growing here! Given SAs wild flowers, it's probably is a bit of a conern.

Canna

peripatetic · Apr 6, 2005, 12:42 PM

Alien invaders are a real concern in any ecosystem, and these guys are no different.

But they sure are pretty.

Apr 6, 2005, 3:44 AM	#1
JakeTPegg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,767	I'll try and get better pics during the weekend, but basically just to show the extent of these flowers ability to "invade". These flowers came into the country via horse feed brought in from the Argentines by the British soldiersduring the Anglo Boer war [1910 I think], and as a point of interest, the mountain at the back is the Amajuba mountain [Zulu for "place of the Doves"] where the Boers [Afrikaans] ran rings around the British, quite a prominent feature in SA history. I travelled about 400 km's yesterday, and these flowers were evident all along the roads throughout thewhole trip. Regards Attached Images

Apr 6, 2005, 3:46 AM	#2
JakeTPegg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,767	A closer look at the flowers Attached Images

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Apr 6, 2005, 8:24 AM	#3
Canna W Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,038	Very fond of these flowers - but can't believe the scale on which they are growing here! Given SAs wild flowers, it's probably is a bit of a conern. Canna

Apr 6, 2005, 12:42 PM	#4
peripatetic Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,599	Alien invaders are a real concern in any ecosystem, and these guys are no different. But they sure are pretty.