Description
Pink star shaped flowers in late summer.
Tough variety that survives well in the alpine garden and container in a sunny position. These self seed and slowly bulk up in gritty soils producing slender stems and leaves up to 20cm high.
Flowering: Summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 15-25cm
Spread: 15cm
Common Name: Huilmo
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Iridaceae
Foliage: linear / lanceolate
Basic Colour: ( pink )
Flower Colour: pink
Natural Flowering: May – July
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 25cm
Soil Requirements: well-drained / average / dry
Soil ph: acid / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / rock garden
Usage: ornamental
Pruning: cut back after flowering or leave to self seed
Tolerates: drought tolerant
Origin: Argentina / Bolivia / Chile
noella Savundranayagam (verified owner) –
THIS PLANT WHEN IT ARRIVED IT WAS IN A GOOD STATE AND DOING FINE AND HEALTHY
Frederick Heywood (verified owner) –
Jackie Taylor (verified owner) –
There was a label saying that it is dormant, but the pot is only half full of compost
JOHN Davies (verified owner) –
Dormant
Andrew G. (verified owner) –
Fingers crossed as bought when dormant
Emma H. (verified owner) –
Christine M. (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Arrived dormant, but has now sprouted and is growing in a pot.
Helen (verified owner) –
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Molly Pepper (verified owner) –
Pretty flower, a bit weak, hoping it is going to bulk up.
Fatima Araujo (verified owner) –
Meta (verified owner) –
Lovely flower looks great in garden
Debra Marchant (verified owner) –
Plant looks poorly not very strong, don’t think it will thrive
Jill Nicolson –
Deborah K. (verified owner) –
Ray Mitchell (verified owner) –
strong plant
Anthony Chu (verified owner) –
Looks healthy
David Chandler (verified owner) –
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Stephen O’Kelly (verified owner) –
All the plants I ordered were very carefully packaged and labelled and looked very healthy. I’m very excited about them settling into their new home.
John Kilcommons (verified owner) –
Kay (verified owner) –
Good correspondence from company advising of delivery. Plant packed in extremely good packaging & in very good condition on arrival. Nice touch with instructions especially for a newbie like me. Thank you
Tony D. (verified owner) –
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Melanie (verified owner) –
Paddy Parmee (verified owner) –
Can’t wait to see this flowering healthy little bulb
Mark Wootton (verified owner) –
Anthony Duffey (verified owner) –