About
A compact, rosette-forming perennial from dry, stony habitats in Basutoland (Lesotho), South Africa, with small, narrowly spoon-shaped, grey-hairy, mid-green leaves and erect, slender stems bearing small, four-petalled, white flowers in summer. A rare, little-cultivated endemic for a sunny, sharply drained rock garden or alpine house.
About the genus
Watsonia are cormous perennials with erect, linear to narrowly lance-shaped leaves and curved, tubular flowers with spreading lobes, borne in simple or branched spikes
Plant details
Suggested usesBorders, containers, naturalising.
Care notes
CultivationPlant at appropriate depth in well-drained soil.
PruningAllow foliage to die back naturally.
PropagationDivide offsets when dormant.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.