Schotia brachypetala / Huilboerboon Tree - Indigenous Tree - 10 Seeds Soup where it grows on clay

where it grows on clay and granite slopes

salsas casseroles

Their flowers are white and very small

dry summers and mild

equally nice as a cut flower

Schotia brachypetala / Huilboerboon Tree - Indigenous Tree - 10 Seeds Soup where it grows on claySchotia brachypetala is a handsome, medium to large tree with a wide spreading, densely branched, rounded crown. It has a single trunk that sometimes branches low down. The flowers are rich deep red, and are produced in masses, in dense branched heads on the old wood during spring (Aug. Nov.). The flowering time is somewhat irregular in that a tree in bloom may be a few metres away from one that has no sign of flowers. This irregularity is of value to