Ixia viridiflora seeds – (Turquoise ixia)

Description

Picture thanks to www.silverhills.co.za

 

This somewhat rare ixia has beautiful turquoise coloured flowers with a black central eye. It likes a well drained sandy soil in full sun, and can tolerate frost to about -3 deg C. It is a perennial corm, producing leaves in winter , flowering in late spring with long stems of about 12- 20 spectacular turquoise  flowers on them, and dying off to be dormant over summer. .

 

Note: 10 seeds in a packet

 

Sowing advice

Plant the seeds in autumn in pots or trays in moist seed raising mix. Cover the seeds with approx 4mm mix.  Ideal temperature range is 15-25 deg C. with the cool nights which autumn brings. Avoid higher heat than this, and keep them moist but not saturated.  The seeds will germinate usually  in 4-6 weeks, but sometimes will take longer. Once they germinate keep them in a sunny spot over the winter and although they don’t mind  cold, they should be kept out of the frost .