Origin: South Africa
Flower color: various colors
Flowering period: June – August
Average plant height: 12 – 18 inches
Planting depth to base of bulbs: 3 inches
Spacing between bulbs: 3 inches
Type of bulb: corm
Light requirements: any location is suitable in the full sun (afternoon sun)
Landscape uses: border, beds and perennial gardens and in pots. Excellent as a cut flower.
Ixia has sword-shaped leaves and long stems with star-shaped flowers. There are 30 – 40 Ixia species.
Principal varieties
- ‘Panorama’ – white with purple red
- ‘Rose Emperor’ – soft pink
- ‘Spotlight’ – yellow-red
- ‘Titia’ – fuchsia-red
- ‘Venus’ – magenta-red
- ‘Giant’ – ivory white tips with a dark center
- ‘Hogarth’ – cream colored with a red-purple center
- ‘Marquette’ – sulfur yellow tips with purple black center
- ‘Vulcan’ – orange-red
