Ledebouria ovatifolia(Baker ) Jessop
Flat - leaved African Hyacinth
Ledebouria ovatifoliasubsp.ovatifolia , Scilla lanceifoliavar.ovatifolia , Scilla ovatifolia
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Family : AsparagaceaeSubfamily : ScilloideaeTribe : HyacintheaeSubtribe : MassoniinaeGenus : Ledebouria
Ledebouria ovatifoliais a bulbous plant with unripe leaf that may be unspotted or normally attractively mark with dark green to imperial spots or splodge . Although it is not , strictly speaking , a succulent , it is favour by succulent grower . The folio change extremely from one universe to another and even across the same population . They are oval-shaped , with a broad base , ordinarily firmly appressed to the soil , and can grow up to 10 column inch ( 25 centimeter ) long . The plant is deciduous , with new leaves arise per annum in spring .
The plant raise dense clump of legion pocket-size , pink to purplish - immature flowers on flexuous stalks in springiness and summer .
Ledebouria ovatifoliais native toSouth Africa(Eastern Cape , Free State , KwaZulu - Natal , Mpumalanga , Limpopo , and Gauteng),LesothoandEswatini . It grows in grassland and jolting hillside .
USDA hardiness zone10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° nose candy ) .
Silver Squill is often cultivated as a houseplant and grow with minimal fear . However , it involve undimmed light with 3 to 4 hours a daytime of direct sunshine .
During the active growth catamenia , internal temperatures are okay for Silver Squill ’s grow as houseplants . Outdoor works can withstand wintertime temperatures below 30 ° F ( -1 ° C ) . Try growing Silver Squill outdoors during leap and summertime when ambient temperature are at least 60 ° F ( 15 ° C ) . In cold realm , move the industrial plant back indoors .
expend a grease - based potting admixture and plant Silver Squill bulbs in pans or half - pots . Pot up the bulbs in the natural spring , but no more than three in a undivided 4 to 6 inches ( 10 to 15 cm ) quite a little . quad the medulla evenly over the surface and bury only the bottom half of each bulb in the potting mixture . During the first 4 or 6 hebdomad , do not feed the plants andwatersparingly , allowing the top half of the potting mix to dry out between lachrymation . Treat the works as usual when the new roots should be well set up . Break up overcrowded clump every 2 or 3 years .
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