5 Ixia pumilio Seeds - Indigenous South African Bulb Seeds For Sale From South Africa

Ixia pumilio Seeds

South African Endemic Perennial Bulb

The genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the Iridaceae family and Ixioideae subfamily. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include: sword-like leaves, and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil. They have a specific but not very intense fragrance of vegetables. That is why it is often visited by many insects such as bees. Ixia pumilio is a South African endemic species from the Western Cape Province where it can be found growing in the Breede River Valley south of Worcester. It grows to 15 cm tall with red flowers with wide tubes during spring.