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Image Credit: Rob Wiltshire – Natural Values Atlas
Scientific Name: Bulbine glauca
Common Name: bluish bulbine-lily
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Asphodelaceae
Form Description: Perennial herb
Flowers: Yellow flowers in a large spike, stamens densely bearded with yellow hairs. Few flowers at a time.
Fruit: Rounded capsule – about 5mm in diameter; turns brown and brittle when mature. Mature seed is angular and dark brown or black.
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Habitat Notes
Common in rocky places, especially moss-covered rocky ledges liable to dry out in summer. Also on sand dunes. Often found growing in a group of similar plants. Common in damp sandy soils under light forest cover, sea level to about 250m; north-west, north-east, Midlands and east coast.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist, Rocky
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained
General Notes
Plants can be short-lived but regenerates readily from seed.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
Several years
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has 2-3 months dormancy but gives good results after this. May be useful for direct seeding. Sow in autumn. For some species seed over 12 months old may require stratification for 6-7 weeks. Temperature may be critical to germination i.e.. not above 18°C.
Germination Time
4-8 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
Divide in autumn. Transplants readily.