10 Bulbinella elata Seeds - South African Indigenous Perennial Bulb - Insured Flat Ship Rate

Bulbinella elata Seeds

The genus Bulbinella includes 18 species occurring in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa and an additional six species from the main islands of New Zealand. All the species have attractive orange, yellow, cream or white flowers in dense, unbranched racemes. They are tufted deciduous perennials growing solitary or forming clumps. The rootstock is a compact rhizome surrounded by membranous cataphylls and often persistent fibrous leaf bases. The roots are somewhat fleshy. Mainly they flower in late winter, spring and summer. Bulbinella flowers are colourful and long-lasting in the vase. All the species are recommended as cut flowers.

Bulbinella elata is a South African endemic species from the Northern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It occurs from the West Coast north through Clanwilliam to Calvinia. Two colour varieties are found, a cream- and a yellow-flowered form. It typically has flat, spreading, leathery leaves and narrow inflorescences with small round capsules. This species occurs on clayey or granitic soils.

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