Cradle of Humankind in bloom – Wild lavender

Featuring several hundred plant species, including wild flowers and grasses, towering succulents, rare blooms and many medicinal buds, the Cradle of Humankind represents one of the most diverse plant communities in the world.

The landscape is dominated by rocky Highveld grassland, vegetation made up of rocky slopes, grassy outcrops, and plains of shale and dolomite. Here fire plays an important role in maintaining the balance of trees and grass.

Known as “Grosso” lavender, this wild species of the common garden herb is strikingly gorgeous when in flower and is renowned for its fragrant bloom.

Although not indigenous, this family of lavender is a hybrid variety that thrives in harsh weather conditions.

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