I was walking along the waterfront this afternoon and I spotted the pigface flowering. Why a flower that looks so pretty has a name like pigface I have no idea.
We still haven't had any rain. The weather forecast keeps threatening rain, but hopefully one day they will get it right. It hasn't rained here for over a month.
I think the last record of rain on our rain gauge was 4 September, 1 mm.
I have never heard of it called pigface. We also get a version with a yellow flower that people eat (after flowering) that's known as sour fig. I think the pink version is also edible, but not 100% sure.
It is rather a rude nane for this innocent looking flower. They look lovely in the grass forming a mountain shaped foreground to the composition to match those two splendid mountains at the back.
@julzmaioro@beryl I think pigs are cute too, but I don't see the comparison. Never seen a purple or yellow pig. :)\ @quietpurplehaze I didn't realize it was edible. I do know that the juice of the leaves are good for burns and stings and the juice mixed with water is good for a gargle to soothe sore throats, but I have never heard of pigface jam. @salza We get pigface with yellow flowers too.
@888rachel It does thrive on neglect Rachel. My kind of plant. I pulled some up fro the waterfront a while ago and put it in a flower bed in our front garden, it has grown like wildfire. I also bought some in Bunnings, but it is a different variety and doesn't spread, that one has just grown upwards. I will have to go back to the waterfront and pluck one of the yellow pigface now I know it grows so well.
@helenhall The green in this shot isn't grass, it is the leaves of the pigface. It makes a lovely ground-cover even when it isn't flowering. Pigface is a succulent and grows in almost pure sand. It needs very little rain which is good because it hasn't rained here for over a month.
We have a plant around here called Skunk Cabbage, but it does live up to its name. If you pull it out of the ground it has a horrible smell and it does look like cabbage. Pretty shot!
@quietpurplehaze I didn't realize it was edible. I do know that the juice of the leaves are good for burns and stings and the juice mixed with water is good for a gargle to soothe sore throats, but I have never heard of pigface jam.
@salza We get pigface with yellow flowers too.