Ixia contorta - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Collards

Ixia contorta - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds CollardsThe 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

Scientific name - Lathyrus odoratus

In addition to these features

'Bijou' is considered a superior sweet pea selection

but as the stems mature they become thicker

Its stems are strong and the plants are very productive

but in juvenile plants the leaves are ranked in vertical rows

Of Swiss origin

and reduces root-knot nematode populations

Its branched juvenile foliage vanishes with time

africanus is indigenous to Africa and occurs from the woodlands of Angola and Zimbabwe to Namibia

striking foliage plant related to the well-known crane flower

with a fine flavour