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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Mauve
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Other methods: Corms
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Location: Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2018-09-12
Sparaxis
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-27
Hybrid Spraxis with Straw Flower (Helichrysum 'Ruby Cluster')in t
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2018-09-12
Sparaxis to welcome Spring
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-26
These have grown too thick over the last five years. Not enough l
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-04-03
Three years to develop this clump. Very beautiful hybrid color.

Credit SGS Sparaxis. John Lewis Childs, Inc. (1892)
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-13
This plant has the stature of S. grandiflora and some of its colo
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-13
This Sparaxis comes true every year. (Zone 9b)
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-20
Sparaxis in zone 9b. Fan of leaves is about six inches tall.
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-20
Zone 9b.
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-12
This is one of two color variants that appeared in a large, well
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-14
This is one of two color variants that appeared in a large, well
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-13
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AtaMaj On April 12, 2022 Obtained plant
planted 10 corms in the meadow-salvia in group on the N-E part of the border
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Sparaxis? by cmossx May 4, 2023 1:38 PM 3

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