Description
Named after the ‘not tonight’ Empress of Napoleon Bonaparte, this is a truly spectacular winter-growing species from the South African Karoo, perhaps the most spectacular of all of the Brunsvigia.
Umbels of intense pure crimson. The petal bases and reverse are backed with a small area of golden yellow. The umbel in a mature plant is huge and by ‘huge’, I mean that these can be 60 cm in diameter.
This is rightly regarded as the best of the genus and is very much sought after. Plant with ¾ of the bulb above the ground, in a very well-drained, arid-land mix.
It is very rarely that we have this species to offer and they do not usually last long in stock.
Brunsvigia josephiniae