Maliba Lodge Mountain Lodge message: Alpine plants in their environment can look spectacular when we talk of alpine plants we do not mean the alpine plants found in the Alps, but those specialist species that grow above the tree line (alpine belt). Here much harsher living conditions prevail than in the valleys.…
If you are lucky enough to have good timing and an adventurous spirit, you may just stumble across some of these hidden treasures of Maloti Mountains. Introduction: It is sometimes interesting to follow-up and finds out the meaning…
Introduction: Some of these small but lovely flowers are very clever as they only show themselves in a very dry grassland habitat or sometimes immediately after grassland burning they become the first conspicuous flowers…
Introduction: An indigenous garden is simply not complete without this little redhead (Morita-nkoe (Sesotho) or Rooihartjie (Afrikaans)) will light one corner in your garden. This plant does well in our cool grassland vegetation of…
This is where you find a mosaic of species ranging from red, white, pink, yellow, blue, maroon and etc. When almost all the species have finished flowering, the little white…
The name Hesperantha means ‘evening flower’ and the genus comprises 65 species which are distributed through both the summer and winter rainfall areas of South Africa.…
It is an annual plant that grows in herbaceous form. It’s growing in high altitude basaltic soils. It has conspicuous hairs on the stems. Interestingly the flowers are bright yellow, inside and chocolate brown…
Euryops tysonii is a lovely shrub for the garden Euryops tysonii (it was named after William Tyson)) - Sehlakoana se senyenyane (Sesotho name) with showy yellow flowers all summer and an interesting upright habit.…
Introduction: The UN has declared 2010 as an international year of Biodiversity. It is also the year that we celebrate the achievements in plant conservation. As such Maliba Mountain Lodge also strives to promote…