South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas—are sought after by an increasingly ...

By Leonie Joubert Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their ...

Conservationists warn that South Africa is facing an escalating plant poaching crisis that has already led to the functional ...

“All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents ... native to tropical and sub-tropical Central and South America, but also to Africa and Madagascar. There is speculation that it made its ...

Many of us have turned to gardening as a therapeutic hobby during Covid-19 lockdowns. Succulents – plants with thick, plump leaves – are a big favourite among Hongkongers, and for obvious ...