Plant Profile
Clivia Miniata
Common names: Bush Lily, Natal lily, Boslelie
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Bulb
Up to 50 cm
Evergreen
Indigenous
Dappled Shade
Average water
Enriched Soil
Sheltered, warm position
Frost Tender
A striking plant with its dark green leaves and trumpet-shaped orange flowers, Clivia miniata is the ideal plant for the shade garden or for containers and is commonly seen growing in older established suburbs.The habitat may vary from subtropical coastal forest to ravines in high-altitude forest.
Given suitable conditions it grows into large clumps and is surprisingly water wise.
Clivias are sensitive to sunlight and will burn easily. Plant in well-composted soil, which will also help with soil-water retention during dry periods. The plants should be watered regularly during the summer months, which is their growing season. Watering can be reduced during winter and the plants will tolerate fairly long dry periods.
Foliage
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Clivia miniata has dark green, strap-shaped leaves.
Flower
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Winter / Spring
Yellow , Orange , Dark Orange
Decorative , For Vase
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- Flower morphology
The clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers in brilliant orange (rarely yellow), appear in late winter into spring (August to November) but also sporadically at other times of the year.
The clusters of flowers sit atop stalks rising above the foliage.
NOTES
The rhizomes are reportedly extremely toxic but are used medicinally for various purposes. It contains small amounts of poisonous lycorine.
Clivias respond well to feeding in the summer months, either with slow-release fertiliser included in the potting mix or with a good liquid feed.
