No I didn’t go to some trendy health food restaurant.We saw these flowers growing at the edge of the sea down a long embankment. They covered nearly all the ground and leading down to the rocks they looked very appealing.

Bit of research though and they are unfortunately an invasive species originating from the South of Africa and will wipe out the natural fauna which grow in the area.They are also a contributor to Coastal Erosion,as they have short roots and take up a lot of water for their luscious foliage.
They may have spread in the 1600’s through increased trade or they could have proliferated in the 1900’s escaping from gardens which had used them as hardy ground coverage plant

They are very pretty though.
They are best removed by hand and then covered in mulch to prevent their return,and I got the impression that this was being done probably by volunteers because for such a hardy plant, they simply weren’t everywhere.
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