Bluebonnets, Cape Buttercups or Harlequin Flowers is a small genus of bulbous plants native from the southwestern Cape and western Karoo in South Africa. Most species make broad, basal, iris like leaves and most showy bright colored flowes in shades of yellow, orange, red, violet or blue. All species are easily grown in any rich, well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. During dormancy keep plants rather dry and in winter at a minimum of some 10°C with watering reduced to a minimum. Excellent in a frostfree greenhouse or wintergarden, for their small to medium tall size they can be grown in rather small pots on window sills as well. Sow the small seeds on top of any well drained substrate and cover them slightly with sand. Keep pots in full sun at some 20°C throughout the year and soil always slighly moist from beneath. A temperature drop at night down to some 10°C to 15°C will siginificantly enhance germination in several species. 20 seeds per package. |
Sparaxis auriculata20 (35)cm, a rare and threatened species know from three localities only at the base of the Gifberg and Matsikamma mountains in the Southwest Cape in South Africa. It produces bilaterally symmetrical flowers with white, pale yellow and pale violett petals. Easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot and a winter minimum of some 15°C. IV-V. |
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seed package0545 | € 9,99 |
Sparaxis bulbifera (Harlequin Flower)25 (40)cm, Harlequin Flower makes pale lemon-yellow (photo) or white flowers, with or without a purplish tinge on the lower base on the outside of the petals. Plants make numerous bulbils in the leaf axils and are not recommended for tropical or tropical areas where they may become invasive. For any rich, well drained substrate in full sun. In winter water carefullly and keep plants at a minimum of some 10°C. IV-V. |
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seed package (mixed colors)8620 | € 1,99 | |||
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seed package (pale yellow flowering)0590 | € 2,99 | |||
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seed package (white flowering)0589 | € 2,99 | |||
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Sparaxis caryophyllacea15 (20)cm, a smaller species with showy and fragrant, zygomorphic yellowish-white and mauve flowers. For any rich, well drained substrate in full sun. In winter keep greatly reduce watering and keep at a minimum of some 7°C. IV-V. |
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seed package9558 | € 4,99 |
Sparaxis grandiflora ssp. acutiloba15 (25)cm, a subspecies with bright yellow flowers above very short and broad leaves. Native from the Olifants River Valley. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. During dormancy and in winter keep drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 4054 | € 4,99 | |||
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Sparaxis grandiflora ssp. grandiflora10 (25)cm, a subspecies with plum lilac to wine red flowers above very short and broad leaves. Native from the Tulbagh Valley. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. During dormancy and in winter keep drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 4055 | € 7,99 |
Sparaxis grandiflora ssp. violacea8 (12)cm, the most rarely seen subspecies of all and native of the Caledon district in the southwestern Cape in South Africa. It produces mostly white flowers with a plum lilac center or central halo above very short and broad falcate leaves. Native from the Tulbagh Valley. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. During dormancy and in winter keep drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0547 | € 9,99 |
Sparaxis grandifora ssp. fimbriata20 (30)cm, a nice subspecies with white to pale yellow flower cups with dark purple streaks outside. For any rich substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy in winter keep bulbs drier at a minimum of some 10°C. IV-V. |
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seed package9569 | € 7,99 |
Sparaxis meterlekampiae15 (30)cm, an unusual species with a large upper dark purple petal and white blotches on lower petals above very short and broad leaves. Native from rocky sandstone slopes from the Bokkeveld Mountains to Piekeniers Kloof. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. During dormancy and in winter keep drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 4056 | € 4,99 | |||
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Sparaxis pillansii15 (20)cm, has very showy and quite large, bright orange flowers which are similar to those in Sparaxis elegans, yet differ with a purplish-black and yellow spotted throat. For any rich, well drained substrate in full sun. In winter keep greatly reduce watering and keep at a minimum of some 7°C. IV-V. |
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seed package9557 | € 7,99 |
Sparaxis tricolor10 (40)cm, an outstanding species with rich orange flowers with a yellow throat and a blackish narrow inner ring. Native of seasonally wet clay soils in flats in the Western Cape. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. During dormancy and in winter keep drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 4057 | € 4,99 |
Sparaxis villosa15cm, a smaller Sparaxis species with fragrant white, yellow and mauve shaded flowers. For any rich substrate in a sunny spot. During dormancy in winter keep bulbs drier at a minimum of some 10°C. IV-V. |
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seed package9568 | € 4,99 |