Ixia

Ixia
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Ixia - Charming S. African bulbs, slender and elegant in growth, and brilliant in flower, but not much grown, because some are tender and require glass protection.

Ixia are bulbous plants native of South Africa, from Namaqualand and the western Karoo through the southwestern Cape into the eastern Cape.

Ixia viridiflora, also known as Turquoise Ixia, is a tall member of the genus Ixia. It comes from around the Tulbagh in South Africa, Cape Province. It has small corms under the ground.

Ixia Viridiflora ‘Corn Lily'
Corn lilies are members of the iris family that come from grassy, sandy or marshy slopes of South Africa.

Growing Ixia For Cut Flowers
Jun 30th
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Cut Flowers ...

Ixia viridiflora
Family: Iridaceae
Green Ixia
Origin: South Africa
Ixia viridiflora is one of the most striking and unusual of winter rainfall bulbous plants. It is a winter-growing, summer-dormant, deciduous perennial.

Ixia viridiflora ( Corn Lily )
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Summer-flowering: Allium, Camassia, Cardiocrinum, Crocosmia, Dierama, Eucomis, Galtonia, Ixia, Lilium, Nectaroscordum and Watsonia.
Autumn-flowering: Colchicum byzantinum and C. speciosum. Cyclamen hederifolium, C. cilicium and C. mirabile.

Hesperantha coccinea forma alba, the "Pure White" or "White Form Kaffir Lily," is also known as White Cape Lily, White River Lily, White Berg Lily, or Winter Ixia.