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Tubular, pale mouthed, coral flowers are artfully staggered to one side of slender vertical stems above a dense clump of red edged, sword-like leaves. A South African bulb (corm) that is summer deciduous and therefore eminently drought hardy, in fact a dry rest is essential.
Stunning thrusting from between the simple mounds of cool coloured staples, Catmint, Lavender, and maybe a few of the Dutch Iris ‘Wedgwood’ that flowers simultaneously.
Easily grown in any very sunny summer dry soil, heavy soils and wet feet in winter are tolerated and may even be preferred.
A staple of gardens the world over though indigenous through most of North America. Suckering clumps of slender, upright, silver stems and narrow, incised leaves for pairing with other designer and mediterraneanesque plants. Cut down regularly to maintain verticality and boldest foliage or if left unchecked it will eventually form a dense mound of wiry, branching stems bearing irrelevant, small, pale yellow, button-like flowers, quite an effective silver shrub in wilder parts of the garden or fence line.
Very vigorous and perfectly drought tolerant on well drained soils, struggling in heavy clay though more successful in lower rainfall regions. Impervious to any heat and cold experienced in this country but, as with most of the genus, unlikely to tolerate the summer humidity of more tropical zones. Dead easy and indestructible.
Finer and more divided foliage than A. ‘Valerie Finnis’ and perhaps better for the vertical.
A tall variety with large vertical heads of rich orange flowers on sturdy stems from erect clumps of slightly glaucous, dark green, keeled, succulent and grass-like leaves.
A reliable flowerer and among the latest to bloom with neater, darker foliage than many.
For any reasonably well drained summer moist soil.
The best yellow flowered variety I have yet to grow, early, very floriferous and oft repeat blooming. Slender, slightly tapering spikes of nodding, tubular flowers, soft yellow from darker, green tinted buds, above quickly clumping, knee high, mid green, keeled, grass-like leaves.
Easily grown in any reasonably well drained soil.