Lifestyle Seeds

Bowiea volubilis. (Hyacinthaceae) This plant truly thrives on neglect. It’s an old favorite that’s easy to grow and puts on a fanciful display. In late winter, vining stems emerge from the bulb, or "onion." With great vigor and determination, they gr 

Brunsvigia radulosa "Red" ( Amaryllidaceae) candelabra flower (e); kandelaarblom (a); Lemathla (s). It is a bulbous plant with a bulb that gets to 60 - 100 mm in diameter, and with a short neck. The bulb is covered with hard brown tunics. There are 4 to 6 

Bulbinella cauda felis white 

Bulbinella caude felis 

Bulbinella latifolia. 

Bulbinella nutans (yellow). (Asphodelaceae) Waterkatstert (a). They grow in damp peaty soils and flowers late winter to spring. Plants are to 1 meter tall with yellow or cream flowers in a conical raceme. 

Bulbinella nutans white. 

Bulbinella punctulata. (Asphodelaceae) It is an indigenous plant to South Africa and grows in the winter rainfall area. Sowing : Sow seeds in autumn. 

Bulbinella trinervis. 

Chasmanthe aethiopica (Iridaceae) - Suurkanolpypie (a) A fairly hardy plant with a flattened corm and fresh, light green leaves arranged in a fan which die down in late summer and start growing again in Autumn. It bears spikes of narrow tubular orange flo 

Chasmanthe bicolor 

Chasmanthe floribunda (Iridaceae). Plants gets up to 100cm high. Corms are large, depressed, with firm-papery tunics, becoming fibrous with age. Stem erect, usually branched. Flowers orange-red, rarely yellow, in two-ranked erect spike. 

Chasmanthe floribunda yellow (Iridaceae). Yellow cobra lily. This geophyte is indigenous to South Africa and grows in the winter growing areas. It has green sword-shaped leaves and spikes of canary yellow long-tubed flowers during winter to early spring. 

Chasmanthe floribundus duckittii. 

Coilonox glandulosum 

Coilonox suaveolens (Albuca suaveolens). 

Coilonox vittatus (Hyacinthaceae) Old name used to be Albuca vittata. It grows in the winter rainfall areas of South Africa. The leaves are glaucous and flowers yellow. 

Colchicum austrocapense (Colchicaceae) Used to be called Androcymbium austrocapense. It grows in the winter rainfall areas of South Africa. Green cup shaped flowers are formed. 

Colchicum capense ssp. ciliolatum. 

Colchicum coloratum.