Cycads

Today we concentrated on the Cycad patch in the arboretum. Most of them are burnt but, as they are resprouters there are already some small leaves emerging on some of them. There is further not much we can do apart from clrearing out the burnt branches,

Behind the arboretum it looks like the sign can do with a replacement.

Along the River walk the Hawortias are a” little singed”

It must have been a very intense fire along the River Walk, in places there is hardly a stick left.

Something is germinating though:

and we can see that the warts on the Leucadendron serve a good purpose.