Sandersonia aurantiaca

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Yellow flowers are Sandersonia (not the rose!)


Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Height: 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: deciduous, flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Sandersonia is a plant genus native to South Africa of the family Colchicaceae. It has only one species, Sandersonia aurantiaca. It is also called Christmas bells, Golden lily of the valley or Chinese lantern lily. S. aurantiaca is a perennial plant and a climber that can reach abmklönjoijpjohoh30 in) height. The flowers are yellow or orange.[1]


Read about Sandersonia aurantiaca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sandersonia (named after John Sanderson). Liliaceae. Herb, suitable for the greenhouse: sts. sub-erect, simple, leafy: lvs. linear-lanceolate: fls. showy, orange, solitary in the axils, without bracts; perianth persistent, urn-shaped to globose, somewhat inflated; stamens 6; ovary sessile: fr. unknown.—One species, S. Afr. Treatment the same as for gloriosas.

Sandersonia aurantiaca, Hook. Rootstock tuberous: st. simple, 1-2 ft. high, leafy to the apex: lvs. sessile, alternate, linear or lanceolate, 2-4 in. long: perianth bright yellow, 3/4-l in. long. Nov. Natal. CH


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References

  1. "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 818, 962. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0

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