Ixia Micranda - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Spinach slender leaves and 2 lipped

slender leaves and 2 lipped rose centred flowers surrounded by mauve or cerise with flexed lower tepals

The flowers show from March to September

The plant grows 3 to 4 ft tall on a strong centre stem

and produces very good fruit

The flowers are small and inconspicuous

Ixia Micranda - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Spinach slender leaves and 2 lippedThe genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the Iridaceae family and Ixioideae subfamily. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include: sword like leaves, and long wiry stems with star shaped flowers. It usually prefers well drained soil. The popular corn lily has specific, not very intense fragrance as vegetables. That is why it's often visited by many insects such as bees. The Ixia