Beginner Gardening: Kaffir Lily - Clivia Miniata, 0 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
The clivia that you have read about - the ones selling for big bucks - are rare genetic mutants. Regular clivia sell for $2 in China.

Here in the US we get starter plants from India by the tens of thousands. The big growers pot them up, keep them for a year or two. Then they sell them for $17.

Seed prices on sites like EBay are over the top. If you are looking for good value EBay is not the place to look.

There are places in S Africa that sell seeds, hybrid seeds for $3-5 each, regular clivia cost less. I have done business with http://www.africanbulbs.com/ and they have reasonable prices.

Linaria is blooming now>