Bulbous Plants

South Africa's flora is extremely rich in bulbous plants. There is an extraordinary diversity of form, colour and fragrance almost without parallel anywhere else in the world. Our bulbs populate a wide range of habitats from coastal dunes, arid regions and even sub-tropical forests to mountainous regions in both the summer and winter rainfall areas.

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AMARYLLIDACEAE

Clivia species and hybrids, Cyrtanthus, Brunsvigia, Crinum, Boophane, Haemanthus, Nerine, Scadoxus spp. and many others.

ARACEAE

Zantedeschia Sp.

LILIACEAE

Agapanthus, Albuca, Veltheimia, Kniphofia, Tulbaghia, Eucomis, Littonia, Lachenalia, Gloriosa and Ornithogallum spp.

IRIDACEAE

Chasmanthe, Anapalina, Romulea, Watsonia, Gladiolus, Aristia, Crocosmia, Babiana, Moraea, Schizostylus, Lapeirousia and Dietes spp.

There is an excellent reference book on Cape Bulbs published by Timber Press, inc. It is Cape Bulbs by Richard L Doutt and is a handbook no lover of bulbs should be without.

Please ask for our bulb list. We also have a separate Clivia List.

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