Summer Average Highest 33 C
Amaryllis ‘Dancing Queen’
Caladium Praetermissum (Alocasia ‘Hilo Beauty’)
- 🎨 Irregular cream camouflage splashed across deep matt green — no two leaves alike
- 🌤️ Bright indirect light; direct midday sun scorches the cream areas
- 💧 Evenly moist in growth, letting the top 2 cm dry; much drier when dormant
- 🌡️ Temperature Tolerance: 12°C – 35°C (days 28–35°C with nights 22–26°C; chilling injury below 18°C, damage below 7°C)
- 📐 Clumping tropical aroid 45–60 cm tall, grown from a tuber
- 🏆 Dies back in cool weather and returns from the tuber each spring
Crinum ‘Menehune’ (Wine Time)
- 🌸 Stunning wine-red and white striped spider lily blooms — dramatic 6-petalled flowers with a rich deep-red centre and white margins
- ☀️ Full sun to partial shade — 4–6 hours of direct sunlight; tolerates partial shade well
- 💧 Regular watering 2–3 times a week — keep soil moist; tolerates seasonal waterlogging unlike most bulbs
- 🌡️ Thrives in tropical to subtropical climates (5°C to 42°C); excellent for warm Indian regions and coastal gardens
- 📐 Bold architectural bulb 60–90 cm tall — forms large clumps with strap-like leaves and dramatic flower heads
- 🏆 Rare collectible variety — named 'Menehune' (Wine Time) for its extraordinary wine-red colouring
Hemerocallis (Day Lily) Yellow Dwarf
- 🌼 Cheerful bright yellow day lily blooms — each flower lasts one day but plants produce blooms continuously through the season
- ☀️ Full sun to partial shade — at least 4–6 hours of direct sunlight; tolerates partial shade
- 💧 Moderate watering — keep soil moist but well-drained; drought-tolerant once established
- 🌡️ Thrives in tropical to cool climates (−10°C to 40°C); one of the most adaptable flowering perennials
- 📐 Compact dwarf variety 30–50 cm tall — forms beautiful clumps; ideal for borders, pots and mass planting
- 🏆 One of the toughest flowering perennials — almost impossible to kill; blooms reliably for 20+ years
Ixia flower bulb (Random color)
- 🌺 Delicate star-shaped blooms in random colours — each corm surprises with pink, red, orange, yellow, white or bi-colour flowers
- ☀️ Full sun preferred — at least 5–6 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering
- 💧 Moderate watering — keep moist during active growth; reduce after foliage dies back in summer
- 🌡️ Thrives in mild to subtropical climates (0°C to 35°C); excellent for hill stations and moderate-temperature zones
- 📐 Elegant slender-stemmed bulb 30–50 cm tall — ideal for borders, rock gardens and cutting gardens
- 🏆 Popular South African spring bulb — long-lasting cut flowers with wiry, graceful stems
