Native to Cape Province in ...Read MoreSouth Africa, this species has escaped gardens in the temperate regions of southern Australia and there has been declared an environmental weed. There it seeds prodigiously and its bulbs multiply prolifically. http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4...
I have had good luck growing these plants but have yet to see one bloom. I have some flowering sized bulbs (about the size of a 50 cent p...Read Moreeice) but no flowers yet. As far as the folliage goes it florishes ! Maybe this year ?
Cultivation:
Ferrarias are marginally frost hardy to frost tender and need to be overwintered indoors in cool climates. They are e...Read Moreasily grown in a sunny position in any well-drained soil of reasonable fertility. Plants die down during summer, at which time watering should be withheld. Propagate from seed or from corms, which can be lifted and divided in fall.
I won these bulbs on eBay a couple years ago & they come up every year but cannot get them to bloom. Any suggestions? The bulbs are get...Read Moreting bigger every year.
Also called spider flower and starfish lily.
This is hardy over much of the UK.
Native to Cape Province in ...Read More
I have had good luck growing these plants but have yet to see one bloom. I have some flowering sized bulbs (about the size of a 50 cent p...Read More
Cultivation:
Ferrarias are marginally frost hardy to frost tender and need to be overwintered indoors in cool climates. They are e...Read More
I won these bulbs on eBay a couple years ago & they come up every year but cannot get them to bloom. Any suggestions? The bulbs are get...Read More