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| Clivias in the bulb garden |
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| A Close up of the Clivias |
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| The sun Captured in the Clivias |
Monday, 15 September 2014
For the Love of Clivias
The Clivias in the bulb garden have produced many flowers and
added to the orange explosion in the garden. I have rescued 14 clivias from the
dump and planted them on the other side of the herbacious border. I cannot wait
to see what they are going to do next year. I am constantly rescuing discarded
plants from the dump and the garden is like a plant orphanage.
"Why the name “Clivia”? History has it that a young horticulturalist, working for Kew Gardens in London, named James Bowie, arrived in the Cape and spent considerable time and effort sending plants back home, to be classified and grown in the glasshouses and gardens of Syon House, the residence of the Duchess of Northumerland. The Botanist Lindley named this plant “ Clivianobilis “ as a compliment to the Duchess of Northumberland, a patron of gardening, of the noble family of ‘Clive’" Source:http://www.dirkmeyer.co.za/clivias-south-africa-lily
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Love the clivias (and the nasturtiums in the Lemon and Lime blog) and the citrus harvest in the cart. You are right about the dominance of reds,oranges and lemon colours echoed in the fruit at this time of year. Keith
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