Our national flower

Protea cynaroides, flowering in abundance at the moment.

Origin of the names:

'The amazing variety in plant size, habit, flower size and colour of the genus Protea was the reason it was named after the Greek god Proteus, who could change his shape at will.
The flower bud of Protea cynaroides looks remarkably like the globe artichoke vegetable with the Latin name of Cynara scolymus and this led the botanist Linnaeus to give it the species name cynaroides.'


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Yet another public holiday tomorrow ... during these times with so many holidays and public holidays, it feels as if the days have no names ...