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| Botanical Name: |
Lachenalia aloides
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Cape Cowslip; Soldier Boys
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| Family Name: |
LILIACEAE
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| Genus: |
Lachenalia
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| species |
aloides
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| Name Derivation |
G: Commemorates Prof. Werner de Lachenal, botanist
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| Growth Habit: |
Bulb
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| Dimensions: |
25cm x 25cm
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| Flower: |
Pendulous, tubular, yellow flowers, marked with red, borne in upright racemes in winter-spring.
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| Climate: |
Suitable for light friable soil with good drainage. Frost tender. Failure to grow is due to frost damage or excessive wet conditions resulting in fusarium attacking the bulbs
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| Fruit: |
n/a
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| Propagation: |
Seed, division of clumps
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| Horticulture Use: |
Use in a border, in groups with other bulbs, rock gardens, seaside gardens, in pots, tubs or hanging baskets.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Plant bulbs in late summer in well-drained soil, in sunny position. Liquid manure plants when flowers appear. Clumps can be lifted and divided in late spring. Bulbs should be kept dry and open to the air.
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| Foliage: |
Ring of strap-shaped, recurving, leaves, < 25cm long, often spotted purple
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