They can be propagated by separating the pups that form or by seed. But best left undisturbed and root bound for better flowering. If yo...Read Moreu want seeds, you may need two separate clones. Simply hold the pot sideways and dab the flower heads onto each other when they bloom @ the same time. The berries are very beautiful if you can get them....like shiny drops of blood lying on the ground, and thus could be possibly another allusion to the name blood lily. I have a rare white berried form. I have crossed the evergreen albifloss with the red flowered deciduous coccineus. Result is an evergreen plant, making two leaves only, no pups, and pink flowers ! One last warning......these plants are EXTREMELY toxic, the juices of them being used by the So. AFrican bushmen as arrow poison.
Growing experience: I was given this plant 4 years ago; the bees love it and mine is blooming now (December 2015) on the Central Coast of...Read More California. It's been given very little care and I didn't even know what it was until recently. I'd like to propagate(?) it if someone could tell me how.
Simi Valley, CA (Zone 9a) | November 2011 | positive
I was given this plant a year ago and didn't know what to expect.
I potted it up in a fast draining mix and set it on the patio in...Read More part shade.
It grew and flourished.
Now in November it has burst into bloom with at least a dozen creamy bottlebrush blooms.
Very striking.
In China Haemanthus albiflos are often seen cultivated in pots. People call it hu er lan, tiger-ear, whose name may be taken from the ...Read Moreform of the bloom. But sometimes when not in bloom, it is sometimes mistakenly regarded as an amaryllis.
Evergreen to semi-evergreen bulbous plant with broad, rough-edged 18" long leaves that lay over flat to the ground. The flowers, carried ...Read Moreon top of 1-2' long stalks are composed of a brush of white flowers with bright yellow stamen anthers that are surrounded by 2 large white bracts. Origin: South Africa.
This species of Haemanthus, though not as spectacular in the flower as the red ones, has wonderfully fuzzy leaves and makes an excellent ...Read Moreaddition to a xeriscape garden (though can handle more water, too). It has nice white/yellow flowers in a starburst globe shape. Very slow growing plant and suckers. At least here in So Cal doesnt' appear to be deciduous like my other Haemanthus (which is now listed as a Scadoxus species)
They can be propagated by separating the pups that form or by seed. But best left undisturbed and root bound for better flowering. If yo...Read More
Growing experience: I was given this plant 4 years ago; the bees love it and mine is blooming now (December 2015) on the Central Coast of...Read More
I was given this plant a year ago and didn't know what to expect.
I potted it up in a fast draining mix and set it on the patio in...Read More
In China Haemanthus albiflos are often seen cultivated in pots. People call it hu er lan, tiger-ear, whose name may be taken from the ...Read More
Evergreen to semi-evergreen bulbous plant with broad, rough-edged 18" long leaves that lay over flat to the ground. The flowers, carried ...Read More
This species of Haemanthus, though not as spectacular in the flower as the red ones, has wonderfully fuzzy leaves and makes an excellent ...Read More