code: 585
These lovely plants …
Family: Asphodelaceae
Common name: WHITE ASPHODEL
Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 60 cm
Maximum Height: 90 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 10+
These lovely plants, which surprisingly are completely frost-hardy, produce clumps of linear basal leaves, and leafless stems bearing racemes or panicles of star-shaped, white or pink flowers, each tepal with an attractive green or brown central vein.
Sowing advice:
Sow seeds at any time covering them with compost or grit 5mm deep, keeping the seed pot in a cool, well-lit spot outdoors. Artificial heat is not needed and can prevent germination so be very patient as many species will only germinate in the spring after chilling or freezing in the moist seed tray in the winter. Grow on individual seedlings in small pots until of sufficient size to be potted on or planted out into the open ground.
Culture:
Best grown in light, humusy, moderately fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates part shade. Established plants have some drought tolerance. Not well adapted to the hot and humid summer climates of the deep South. Plants go deciduous (fade from the landscape) in summer after bloom.
