Ferraria crispa
- Product number: 719400.1
- Origin: South Africa
- Latin: Ferraria crispa, or also F. undulata
This Cape member of the Iris family produces bizarrely beautiful flowers! The fleshy leaves develop in stages, and from these emerge large, starfish-shaped flowers in summer with decorative purplish-brown edges and spots. The flower edges are decoratively curled. The strangely sweet scent attracts insects both day and night. Despite its exotic appearance, cultivation is not complicated; keep the plants frost-free in winter. Height 50 cm.
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Latin: Ferraria crispa, or also F. undulata
Dutch: Zeesterlelie (Starfish Lily)
Also known as: F. undulata
English: Black Flag, Starfish Lily, Seaspider Iris
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- Flower colour: Purple-brown flowers with decorative curls and spots
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Bulb / tuber size: I
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: South Africa
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Ferraria crispa, or also F. undulata
- Dutch: Star Lily
- Also known as: F. undulata
- English: Black Flag, Starfish Lily, Seaspider Iris
