Sandersonia


Col & Marj Drewitt
ABN 95 566 865 338
Summer Flowering Bulbs & Perennials
8-10 Henderson Hill Rd
Silvan Vic 3795
Mobile 0419 504 432
Email: admin@trainsforthegarden.com
Winter 2024
Stock available from End of May to Mid August


 

Scadoxus pole-evansii x katherinii


A true rarity. A large globe-like orb with over 100 deep red orange florets. The flower head is carried on a 1.20m stem and is contrasted by lush green foliage. They do best in a semi shaded position and grow well in a large pot.


Small Bulbs
$25.00
each
VERY FEW TO GO.






Gloriosa superba:





Commonly know as the Flame Lily. A smaller version of G. Rothschildianna. A perennial tuberous vine that can grow up to around 1.20m in length. It enjoys a cool semi shaded position and does well in a large tub. The flowers are orange-red with a creamy yellow margin on each petal. The tuber is dormant through the winter. Not for  WA.

$6.00 per tuber
2 for $10.00








Various other Summer
Flowering Bulbs & Bulbous plants


Crinum moorei:

Large long necked bulbs, very drought resistant. Has a scape of white flowers with a pink flush, on stems up to 100cm. This bulb enjoys growing under deciduous trees.

Large Bulbs $15.00 each



Galtonia candicans:




Galtonia candicans is a bulbous perennial, bearing a prolific display of waxy, white
bell shaped flowers   on a tall upright stem upwards of 75cm.


$4.00 each
3 for $10.00





Gladioli 'P
ixi'



A Pixioli Gladie passed down to me by my mother, who purchased it from one of the old fashioned Cole's Store in Melbourne over 70 years ago. Very hardy


3 for $9.50


Hymenocallis festalis

Common name 'Sacred Lily of the Incas' Has several white daffodil-like flowers on each 70 to 80cm stem. Petals are thin and the trumpet is delicately fringed. Long protruding stamens and stigma. Bulb is dormant in winter.

Limited Numbers.

$7.50 each

2 for $12.00






Hymenocallis harrisianna:

A very rare form seldom  offered, with between four and five dainty white spider like flowers on a 35cm stem. Not for QLD or WA. Bulb is dormant in winter.

$7.50 each
2 for $13.00



Visit the following link for photos
 
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Amorphophallus+konjac#ip=
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Amorphophallus konjac

This rarely offered tuber is a member of the Aroid family dormant in winter. It is native to Yunnan in China and cultivated in warm subtropical to tropical East and Southeast Asia, from China and Japan south to Indonesia and Vietnam. It is a perennial bulb, growing from a large corm up to 25cm in diameter. Once established the single leaf is up to 1.3m across, and divided into numerous leaflets. The flowers are produced on a spathe enclosed by a dark purple spadix.

Larger bulbs two years from flowering $27.50 each

Small bulbs three to four years from flowering $7.50 each

Very Limited Numbers



Lilium regale
:

Originally from  China. The bulb bears pure white trumpet shaped fragrant flowers which are contrasted by deep orange coloured pollen boats.
The bulbs are unusually  purple black in colour. 100cm




2 for $12.00











Lilium speciosa Hybrid

Hardy fragrant crimson red flower with a fine soft pink  margins on each of the well reflexed petals. 110cm


$5.75.each



Sprekelia “Formosissima Lily”:

Also known as the Jacobean Lily. A very poor photo but a stunning blood-red orchid-like flower  in December-January on a 35cm stem.  Very Hardy.  
             



$5.00 each

 
3 for $14.00


Tulbaghia violacea:


Is a clump-forming perennial with narrow grey-leaves and clusters of violet flowers on 50cm stems from midsummer to autumn  An ideal border plant.


                          4 for $10.00
                                               

 







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