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Bulbine frutescens |
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| Family |
asphodelaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z9-11)  |
| Flowers |
yellow/orange (spring-fall) |
| Size |
12-24" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought tolerant |
Succulent perennial from South Africa that expands by rhizomes into low spreading mats. Spikes of orange or yellow flowers rise above, to 1-2 feet. Hardiness varies by species and variety, for both above-ground hardiness/evergreenness, and root hardiness. Over the past year, we purchased two plants: a quite succulent, broader-leaved specimen (shown at right) that we planted in November and died in a hard freeze in January, and a grassier-leaved plant purchased in March (shown above). They look like different species to me, but since I didn't see the first one bloom (it was setting buds when the freeze hit), it's hard to say what it really was.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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