Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia
A beautiful bulb plant for the frost free garden or potted to move indoors in winter; glorious clusters of orange-yellow blooms rising above deep green foliage gives tremendous contrast; water more in spring and less in summer or winter
Attracts,
Brand,
Brand,
Botanical Name,
Bulb Size,
Bulbs per Package,
Deer Resistant,
Evergreen or Deciduous,Evergreen
Family,
Family Name,Clivia
Flower Color,
Bloom Time,Late Winter to Early Spring
Foliage Color,Green
Genus,
Genus Name,Clivia
Model,
Tomato Class,
Tomato Type,
Weather,
Days to Emerge,
Days to Maturity,
Edible,
Features,
Growth Rate,Medium
Hardiness,
Hardiness Zone,9b
Harvest Season,
Landscape Uses,Massing, Garden, Container
Light Needs,Partial Shade, Shade
Mature Height,18 inches (24 inches with the flowers)
Mature Width,24 inches
Prune Time,Prune After Flowering
Self Pollinating,
Water Needs,Average to Moist
Waterwise,
Essentials for Success
For flourishing plants, use potting soil for potted plants or planting mix for garden beds paired with Root Zone starter fertilizer is the perfect duo to foster robust root growth and minimize transplant shock.
Details
Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Features
Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia features showy clusters of lightly-scented orange trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow throats at the ends of the stems from late winter to early spring. Its attractive large sword-like leaves remain dark green in color throughout the year. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Care
Planting & Growing
Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid, and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets.
Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
