Helonia bullata

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Read about Helonia bullata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Helonia bullata, Linn. Lvs. several or numerous, thin, dark green, clustered at the base of the scape, 6-15 in. long, ½ -2 in. wide, with fine parallel nerves: scape stout, bracted below: in very early spring it bears a hollow scape 1-2 ft. high, crowned by a raceme 1-3 in. long, composed of perhaps 30 pink or purplish fls., each ½ in. across, 6-lobed, and with 6 blue anthers. B.M. 747. L.B.C. 10:961. B.B. 1:402.—Helonias, which is perfectly hardy, is so easily prop, by division that it is hardly worth while to grow from seed. Under cult., also, it seems rarely to mature perfect seed. It multiplies itself rapidly from offsets, a single plant often providing a dozen others in a season. It ia found growing in dense shade and also in the full glare of the sun, always in wet sphagnum bog in the latter case, while in the shade it sometimes spreads to dry ground. Although one of the showiest of all American bog-plants, it is comparatively little known here, though better in England. It makes an elegant pot-plant. Harlan P. Kelsey. Wilhelm Miller. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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