General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Red
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Corms
Other: Cormlets form in leaf axils

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Common names
  • Bulbil Bugle Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Watsonia meriana
  • Synonym: Watsonia fulgens
  • Synonym: Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera

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Location: Growing in garden/wasteland of local shopping centre, Somerset West, South Africa
Date: 2012-10-12
Photo by JonRichfield. Closeuo of cormlets in leaf axils.

Date: 2010-05-04
Photo by Forest & Kim Starr. Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera
Location: Growing in garden/wasteland of local shopping centre, Somerset West, South Africa
Date: 2012-10-12
Photo by JonRichfield. Showing cormlets in leaf axils.

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