With large glossy leaves, and fine, erect flowers in summer, this dense shrub, can be an interesting addition to a shaded, frost free loc...Read Moreation, year round. Flowers from seed in 4 years. Flowers for about 5 weeks early summer, and these are fragrant at night.
Native to the forest undergrowth in the Kwazulu-natal coast of Africa this now endangered, due to the lack of hawk moth pollinators - it's flowers are very thin and approx 9cm long, preventing other insects or birds pollinating them. Like the Hawaiin Cabbage on a Stick (Brighamia insignis), commercial propagation with hand pollination of this plant may be the key to its survival.
With large glossy leaves, and fine, erect flowers in summer, this dense shrub, can be an interesting addition to a shaded, frost free loc...Read More