Haemanthus albifloss
By Meanie
- 28 Sep, 2011
- 8 likes
Another member of the Amaryllidaceae family, this time growing in the Cactus house at Oxfords botanic gardens today.
Native to South Africa.
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Twelve quid a year for a season ticket - that would be the cheapest B&B ever!
28 Sep, 2011
I supose it would Meanie, they do some good deals with those Rhs season tickets don't they shame I cant get to them, but hey I can see them from my pc from yous :o))
28 Sep, 2011
This is just the Botanic gardens season ticket 6d.
28 Sep, 2011
Oh you should get a Rhs one for the year too
28 Sep, 2011
Nice these are, hopefully i'll get my Haemanthus coccineus seed to germinate ..
28 Sep, 2011
Oooh, you lucky so and so SL!
28 Sep, 2011
if they grow would you like a young bulb or two? it may be 2 years before i could disturb them if you don't mind the wait...
28 Sep, 2011
I'm patient!
28 Sep, 2011
i'll let you know how they go..
28 Sep, 2011
Very nice!
Haemanthus albiflos grows in great numbers here. There's acres of this plant growing at the San Diego Zoo. They make an incredible mass-planting.
I would think this plant could grow outside there...right?
29 Sep, 2011
Even if they could take the frosts, being that cold and wet would kill them!
29 Sep, 2011
Evidently, this plant is not as hardy as I thought...it's cold hardiness rating is down to 30ºF/-1ºC. (from what I've read).
29 Sep, 2011
The combination of cold and wet is the death knell for many hardy plants here Delonix.........
29 Sep, 2011
Yes, I know cold and wet soil is a lethal combination. We have this problem even here in San Diego sometimes. This is the reason why coconuts do not do well at all here. I know we get very little rain in winter and the temps can stay pretty warm but the couple of cool days we get in winter can cause certain very tropical plants problems.
30 Sep, 2011
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Thats gorgeous don't they have some beauties you ll have to move in it will be cheaper lol.
28 Sep, 2011