About
Beschorneria septentrionalis is a robust evergreen perennial that develops a substantial clump of long, arching leaves, measuring up to 20 cm in length. Its distinctive candelabra-shaped flower spike can reach heights of 1.5 meters, featuring a bright red stem adorned with green-tipped, tubular flowers in shades of fuchsia-pink. This plant typically blooms from late spring through mid-summer.
About the genus
Beschorneria consists of sizable, clump-forming evergreen perennials characterized by strap-like, somewhat fleshy foliage. In late spring or early summer, they produce nodding tubular flowers arranged in arching racemes, accompanied by prominent red bracts.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- Mexico
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Can be grown outdoors in milder areas, in very well-drained, humus-rich loam, but will require protection from hard frost. Under glass grow in cactus compost, in good light, and keep almost dry in winter
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in spring at 21°C. Offsets can be carefully removed and potted up in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free