Origin: South Africa
Flower colour: various colours
Flowering period: June – August
Average plant height: 30 – 45 cm
Planting depth to base of bulbs:7 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7 cm
Type of bulb: corm
Light requirements: any location is suitable in the full sun (PM sun)
Landscape uses: border, beds and perennial gardens and in pots. Excellent as a cut flower.
Ixia has sword-shaped leaves, long stems with star-shaped flowers. There are 30 – 40 original Ixia species.
Principal varieties
- ‘Panorama’ – white with purple red
- ‘Rose Emperor’ – soft pink
- ‘Spotlight’ – yellow-red
- ‘Titia’ – fuchsia-red
- ‘Venus’ – magenta-red
- ‘Giant’ – ivory white tips with a dark centre
- ‘Hogarth’ – cream coloured with a red-purple centre
- ‘Marquette’ – sulphur yellow tips with purple black centre
- ‘Vulcan’ – orange-red
