Molineria Species, Palm Grass, Weevil Lily, Whale Back
Molineriacapitulata
Synonym
Curculigo
capitulata
Leucojum
capitulatum
I have had my plant as a potted plant in Zone 5b for about 25 years. It overwinters in the basement under lights and sort of sulks. It ...Read More
Jacksonville, FL (Z9a) seems to be at the northern limit of its hardiness. Plants can be killed to the ground by brief exposure to temps ...Read More
I grow it in pots as a houseplant in Zone 7. They go outside from April to October. They bloom but do not make fruit. It doesn't grow to ...Read More
This plant has been in my garden for over 20 years. Each Spring the cold damaged leaves are removed and suckers pulled up to re-establish...Read More
I've had this plant for over 15 years and absolutely love it. I live in zone 9A and this plant will usually die back to the ground in ...Read More
I have to rate this neutral because it is positively easy to grow from small transplants but negative because once you've got it YOU'VE G...Read More
I live in Brisbane, Queensland, which is partly in the sub-tropic zone in Australia. I had never seen these plants until I bought this h...Read More
The USDA hardiness zones given on this page are for 10a-11. I live in 9a (Jacksonville, FL) and this plant grows like crazy here. It usu...Read More
This plant is easy to grow in Sydney, Australia. Even with the occasional hard frost this grass comes back surging in the spring. I've fo...Read More
Curculigo capitulate is supposed to be grown in shade here in Brisbane, Australia (our climate is similar to Florida) but I know of one g...Read More
Does well for me in a container to "contain" the runners. If the temp drops below freezing the leaves may brown but it pops right back for me.
I grow this as a houseplant in winter, outside summer. Beautiful pleated foliage, very durable. Thrives in an eastern window and gets s...Read More
I have been trying to identify this plant for a long time. It isn't in any of my many Florida plant books. It grows on shady, empty lot...Read More
This plant is easily coltivated in humid, warm places, tolerating both sun and shade. It propagates itself through its rhyzome quickly....Read More
This plant does make a good ground cover where soil is moist, but be warned, it suckers as any reliable ground cover does, and it WILL sh...Read More
Fairly hardy and can handle periods of drought. Makes a lovely "tropical" looking ground cover; looks best in mass plantings.
Rarely cultivated tropical plant from tropical Asia (i.e., Malaysia, Thailand, Kampuchea and Indonesia.) It looks like a young palm, and ...Read More