Schizostylis now called Hesperantha
By Siris
23 Oct, 2014
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A late autumn plant from South Africa with deep pink flowers, also have a pale pink (and a deep red, where?)
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A good deep pink.
24 Oct, 2014
So they are perennial then?
Very pretty colour and shape.
I should get one if they're perennial :-)
Gone to my favourites!
24 Oct, 2014
Yes, they are perennial, book says prefers moist, not water logged soil. Forms a clump from a creeping rhizomatous? root.
25 Oct, 2014
ive seen these growing wild.
25 Oct, 2014
Really? Marybells?
I wonder where about it was?
Siris, thanks for your info!
Keep this photo in my "favourites".
25 Oct, 2014
yes really, i know :-) somewhere near me :-) down some-kind of a ditch!
25 Oct, 2014
Wow! Maybe I should go to Cambs and dig some up! (joking)
26 Oct, 2014
got there first, ;-) joking too :-D
26 Oct, 2014
LOL MARYBELLS !!!
26 Oct, 2014
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What else?
See who else is growing Schizostylis coccinea (Kaffir Lily) Hesperantha.
See who else has plants in genus Schizostylis.
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Schizostylis Coccinea 'Major'
£8.00 at Burncoose -
Schizostylis Coccinea 'Pink Princess'
£8.00 at Burncoose -
Schizostylis Coccinea 'sunrise'
£8.00 at Burncoose -
Schizostylis Coccinea 'Viscountess Byng'
£8.00 at Burncoose -
Schizostylis Coccinea 'Fenland Daybreak'
£8.00 at Burncoose
Didn't know the name on this had changed!! thanks for that,think this is the colour I have,thought I'd lost them all last year but this year they're back :-)
23 Oct, 2014