Bulbine frutescens

Desert Candles

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Bulbine frutescens in the garden

  • use: medicinal

botanical information about Bulbine frutescens

  • Botanical name: Bulbine frutescens
  • Genus: Bulbine
  • Family: Asphodelaceae
  • Other names: Desert Candles
  • origin: Africa, South

Features Bulbine frutescens

height: 40-60 cm
flowering: May - December
color: orange yellow
leaf color: green
habit: tuft
growth: fast
level: easy, special conditions
light: full sun, sunny
moisture: dry, average, winter dry
soil texture: pervious, light
organic matter: none to little
pH: neutral
winter zone: 10 [susceptible to frost]
density: 5 - 7