Friday, September 26, 2008

Protea

Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes. It is the national emblem of South Africa. This photo is of a protea bush in my garden here in New Zealand!

1 comment:

Saffers in NZ said...

Wow havent seen one of these for a while- I miss them- they are stunning!Lynn