Galtonia candicans
Summer hyacinth, Spire lily, Berg lily
Galtonia Galtonia
G. candicans - G. candicans is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with narrowly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and slender, conical racemes of lightly fragrant, tubular to bell-shaped, white flowers in late summer.
Galtonia candicans is: Deciduous
Faintly sweet smelling in spring during flowering period
Clump-forming, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
White in Summer
Grey-green in Spring; Grey-green in Summer
Remove leaves only after they have completely died down.
Remove offsets in early spring.
Offsets, Seed
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Galtonia candicans (Summer hyacinth) will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 1 year.
Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Containers, Rock
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil that remains consistently moist in spring and summer. In cold areas, lift and overwinter in a container in a cool dry site or protect with a deep, thick, dry winter mulch.
Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)
Well-drained, Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Galtonia candicans
Summer hyacinth, Spire lily, Berg lily
Galtonia Galtonia
G. candicans - G. candicans is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with narrowly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and slender, conical racemes of lightly fragrant, tubular to bell-shaped, white flowers in late summer.
Lesotho, South Africa
Deciduous
Faintly sweet smelling in spring during flowering period
Clump-forming, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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White in Summer
Grey-green in Spring; Grey-green in Summer
Remove leaves only after they have completely died down.
Remove offsets in early spring.
Offsets, Seed
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Galtonia candicans (Summer hyacinth) will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 1 year.
Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Containers, Rock
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil that remains consistently moist in spring and summer. In cold areas, lift and overwinter in a container in a cool dry site or protect with a deep, thick, dry winter mulch.
Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)
Well-drained, Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 10, Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7
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