Botanical Name: Bulbine frutescens
Common Name: Stalked bulbine
Type of Plant: monocot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape spreading, sprawling succulent plant with horizontal stems which root as they spread; foliage is upright, bright green, succulent and pointed; fast spreading and aggressive
Height 2 to 3'
Spread 3 to 6'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun
Soil tolerates any well-drained soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves thick, rounded fleshy, bright green succulent leaves to 12" long, narrowing to a soft pointed tip; leaves arranged in flat fan-like groups
Flowers long racemes of clear, small bright yellow flowers Clusters are long-lived with dead flowers persisting below open ones
Fruit small, three-valved capsule
 
Propagation:
break off stems and stick directly in soil - easy to divide
 
Usage:
spreading, rugged groundcover plant for open, large, sunny areas; blends well with other succulents and large scale plantings; tends to overrun small plants so keep away from small-scale plantings
 
Landscape Care:
Watering very drought-tolerant, but grows faster with regular watering; can get by with two or three waterings per month in summer
Fertilizing slow-release at planting
Pruning remove dead flower stalks, control spreading branches
Pests/Diseases none
Special Conditions/Other divide or cut back severely every two years
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Liliaceae

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