African flower porn - African Flower Granny Square

It grows on a stalk void of leaves at the end of summer and beginning of fall.

Also known as ox-eye daisy, Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, and African daisy, it grows best planted in sunny locations.

My Grandma would make tons of things with Traditional Granny Squares: blankets, stocking, stuffed animals, you name it! Leucospermum gueinzii Photo by Andrew Massyn Leucospermum gueinzii is a shrub member of the Proteaceae family and native to southern Africa.

She enjoys writing about plants that grow all over the world and tries her hand at growing several new-to-her flower species each year.