Watsonia Fourcadei - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Mint 40cm evergreen groundcover

40cm evergreen groundcover

very attractive

Pioneers once made ink and and black dyes from an extract of the bark

On the edges of the leaves there are upright teeth in opposite pairs that looks like an animal mouth

which may be watery or syrupy

Watsonia Fourcadei - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Mint 40cm evergreen groundcoverWatsonia (Bugle Lily) is a genus of plants in the iris family, subfamily Crocoideae, native to South Africa. The genus is named after Sir William Watson, an 18th century British botanist. There are 52 species in southern Africa; all are perennial herbs growing from corms and producing erect spikes of showy flowers, and are adapted to a Mediterranean type climate. Native to South Africa, Watsonia species were introduced as garden ornamentals to