I realize I had misspelled the Genus, it should be Syncarpha vestita... I guess this isn't a popular plant there in South Africa, or is it that the Cape Region gardeners are poorly represented on this forum? This species is so showy in the Cape, and looked to be so carefree in habitat, but this doesn't always translate into a good garden plant in another mediterranean climate such as coastal California. We have had so much rain and cool weather this winter that many South African plants that prefer it dryer and warmer have been having problems with rotting out. Fortunately the longer days and warmer temperatures of early spring are coming to the rescue. The Ursinia anthemoides` Phylica plumosa, Grielum humifusum and various Heliophila and Nemesia strumosa varieties are all in full bloom here already, and not minding the rain and cool weather at all! Several Leucadendrons and Leucospermums are also blooming already, as is Psoralea pinnata, and the Pychnostachys urticifolia is just finsihing up blooming here in the San Francisco Bay Area.