Quote from: Lee Poulsen on April 26, 2024, 02:56:15 PMH. cleo is IMO one of the easiest of the Mexican Hymenocallises to grow. And it seems to self-pollinate, and if you miss the seeds ripening, they fall off and sprout all on their own wherever they fall. I'm in the Los Angeles area, so I keep it where it gets watered all summer, since it is winter-dormant. I had a small pot of seedlings once that some animal knocked off a small table and I "lost" it among all the larger plants growing on the ground. I discovered it a couple of years later while weeding that area, and the small bulbs, many of them, were still growing leafed out with healthy bulbs in about one inch of soil since most of it got knocked out when it was knocked off the table it was on.Lee: Do you grow it mostly in pots? I do all mine out in the garden (zone 8a, north suburban Atlanta). Trying to determine a good soil mix and how much sun it needs. Of course, not everything that does well on the west coast does well here, although Mexican Hymenocallis seem to do OK if I can get them enough sun (a problem on my wooded lot sometimes).
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Special: | attractive foliage |
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Height: | 30-45 cm (1-1.5 ft) |
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Flower Season: | early spring to mid spring |
Life form: | deciduous corm |
Climate: | winter rain climate, USDA Zone 8-9 |
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Life form: | bulb |
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Flower Season: | early summer to mid summer |
Height: | 30-45 cm (1-1.5 ft) |
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