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Origin:
South Africa
Description:
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Winter-growing bulb with deciduous non-glandular, pubescent leaves. Produces a long bloom stalk with pendant yellow-green flowers in the spring
Habitat:
Found growing in the sandy flats of the Western Cape of South Africa
Cultivation:
Plants should be grown in a well draining mostly in organic mix, heavily amended with horticultural pumice. Can be watered every other week throughout the year, however it prefers going completely dormant in the summer (no water in summer). Plants do well outside in pots, or in a landscape with highly inorganic, well draining soil.
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