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Not a Good South African (and a Plant Killer)

 

This past Saturday I took my son Tau to the park to ride the local vintage railway. I took my new camera along and snapped pictures of the neighbourhood as we walked, including the photo above.

These beautiful daisies are scattered in gardens throughout our area here in Southern California. But as I uploaded the picture to my personal Flickr account to share with family, I had to scratch my head for a title. I knew I was supposed to know what they are called. Of course I knew what they were called. But do you think I could remember?

It was late and so I slapped a title on it: Some kind of daisy. Didn’t inherit the family green thumb.

The next day, an American friend emailed me: “They are African Daisies. I just read online that they are native to South Africa. Did you ever see any there when you lived there?”

Um … ja. I knew that. Me. Being South African and all.

That and the fact that I come from a long line of women who can name every species of South-African flora known to humanity. My Mom … Gran … Gran-Gran … great-aunts Boo and Joy … and back. Sigh!

Clearly the line stops with me because my husband has to take care of the garden and all the house plants. So that we can enjoy the benefits of sharing our space with God’s green and living things.
 

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Posted: April 10th, 2008

Categories: Odds & Ends, From the editor, Living abroad

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