Despite its forbidding name (until recently known as
Lapeirousia cruenta, another tongue twister),
this hardy South African bulb is a very pretty and reliable spring-summer bloomer.
It grows to 6-8 inches tall and is easy to please.
Suitable for a pot or a rock garden.
Each pot includes a mix of two colors:
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Pure white flowers with red throats,
generally known as the 'Joan Evans' cultivar (photo at upper left)
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Coral red flowers with darker throats (photo at lower left)
Anomatheca laxa will naturalize.
To speed things along, we recommend pressing the red jewel-like seeds in the ground, covering them lightly.
Zones 8-11.
