Belamcanda (Iridaceae) BSWJ11373

chinensis 'Crûg Colossal'

An upright, bulbous perennial with flat fan-like pale green foliage and slender upright branched stems to 1m tall. Bearing wide open starry orange to yellow red-spotted flowers to 5cm across, from June to August. Followed by inflated seed capsules which bust open to reveal the black seed within. Easily grown in any type of fertile drained soil in a warm to hot situation, in full sun to light shade. From one of our collections gathered from the Kii Peninsular Central Japan in the autumn of 2006. Hardy to -15C.