Yellow Bulbine, Orange Bulbine 'Tiny Tangerine'

Does very well in Houston, Texas

This is a wonderful little plant. I got a couple on a clearance rack and threw them in an empty corner of the garden. To say they thriv...Read Moreed would be an understatement. A cold winter in zone 8B with overnight temperatures in the low 20's didn't phase them. They bloom basically from last frost to first frost, bees seem to adore them, and they tolerate neglect and poor soil just beautifully. I botched an attempt to divide one of the plants, and the new plant (with almost no roots) somehow survived and is doing just fine. I love a plant that's hard to kill!

A plant that can survive down to 20 degrees in my book is a pretty hardy plant. A wise gardener knows that everyone's micro-climate is di...Read Morefferent. Temperature/weather conditions vary neighbor to neighbor. I grow Yellow Bulbine in Ojai and I live in an area that get's quite cold (down to the 20's at night). I have had it for over 8 years. At the most this plant will have some frost damage on the tips of the foliage. It has NEVER completely died. I have this plant in a pot at my cabin in Big Bear, too. I love it. I can go away for months/weeks and NEVER have to water it. I am not sure why 2QandLearn is giving it a neutral score. Perhaps, s/he needs to stick with artificial plants. Bulbine is hardier than most plants. Hopefully s/he will give Bulbine a shot (isn't that what gardening is all about - experimenting?) and actually report on her/his first hand experience growing it!

I just saw an ad on Craigslist for the yellow flowered type, & wanted to find out how hardy it is, so went searching, & found this tidbit...Read More:

"Bulbine frutescens"
- "Survives to 20°F or below but foliage is damaged." http://www.azarboretum.org/plantlist/yellowbulbine.htm

The reason I am 'neutral' is because I had yet to grow it.

I have begun to suspect that some cuttings I was recently gifted are this plant though. I suspect that I will be able to report a positive experience soon. (:

EDITED IN OCT 20, 2019...
I now have 4 small bushes of the yellow blooming Bulbine frutescens, have given several starts of it away, & have plans to propagate several more plants for my yard.

EDITED in MAY 2, 2021...
I am now propagating 'Tiny Tangerine' from the plant that grew from a cutting I obtained at a local plant trading/sharing event a few years back. It mostly flowers for me in the summer, whereas the larger & yellow flowered specimen mostly flowers winter through spring, for me.Here in the desert both of them appreciate some shade on hot summer afternoons!!!