Drimia Species

Be aware that like some other South African plants which have not been able to change their seasonal clock when displaced to the Northern...Read More hemisphere, and in my experience, D.haworthioides flowers late summer (September) in Southern England (UK) and, bizzarely, will go on to produce its leaves in autumn (fall) and winter, then go dormant in the Spring !! This might not be the experience of all growers but references stating 'Summer flowering' mean the South African summer (November to February). However different growing conditions will give different results. MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT FROM HARD FROSTS.

Winter growing South African bulb that eventually forms a caudiciform base of thick scales around a bulb. Plant can be propagated from t...Read Morehese scales, as well as seed. In summer, plant is quiet, except for a long flower that shoots out of the bulb. Leaves show up in late fall and are lily-like: flat, arching and strap-like. Curious plant.