Description
A very attractive species, valuable for its autumn-flowering habit, with the blooms borne in clusters on the bare, over-summering growths of the previous season. The leaves die away in May leaving dormant, upstanding stems. It is essential that these growths, (also made in April and May), are not cleaned-off or tidied up during repotting or “care” as they will bear the flowers in September.
Small bulbs and thread-like leaves which die away in summer leaving a thin stem which contains the flower buds. These open in September to dense, slightly hanging clusters of white, unspotted bells with a hint of violet. These have red anthers which ripen to yellow pollen. Northern Greece, 30 cm.
