Ixia flower bulb (Random color)

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🎁 GIFTING BADGE
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🎁 Perfect Gift For:
✔ Housewarming ✔ Birthday ✔ Anniversary ✔ Garden Gift ✔ Festival Gift

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About This Plant
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Ixia (Corn Lily) is a dazzling South African spring-flowering bulb (corm) known for its slender, wiry stems topped with clusters of star-shaped blooms in an extraordinary range of vivid colours. This random colour pack delivers a surprise — you may receive pink, red, orange, yellow, white, bi-colour, or even near-black Ixia. Growing in graceful waving clusters, Ixia creates a magical, wildflower-meadow effect in borders and beds. The long stems make them exceptional cut flowers that last well in vases. Easy to grow and very rewarding, Ixia is a favourite among bulb collectors and gardeners who want cheerful spring colour with minimal effort.

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✨ Key Benefits
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🌺 Random colour surprise — each corm may bloom in a different vibrant shade
💚 Excellent cut flowers — long wiry stems, perfect for floral arrangements
🏡 Great for borders, rock gardens, pots and wildflower-style plantings
🐝 Attracts bees and butterflies
✅ Low maintenance spring bulb — plant once, enjoy year after year

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🌿 Care Instructions
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☀️ Sunlight: Full sun (5–6 hours direct sunlight daily)
💧 Watering: Moderate — keep moist during growth; reduce after foliage dies back
🪴 Soil: Well-draining sandy loam; avoid heavy, waterlogged soils
🌡️ Temperature: 0°C to 35°C; prefers mild 15–25°C
🧪 Fertilizer: Balanced NPK 10-10-10 once at planting; no heavy feeding needed
✂️ Pruning: Remove spent flower spikes; let foliage die back naturally before lifting corms

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📏 Size Guide
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🌱 At Delivery: Dry corm (bulb) for planting
🌿 After 8–10 Weeks: Slender stems 30–40 cm tall with flower buds
🌳 In Full Bloom: Height 40–50 cm | Spread 10–15 cm | Time to bloom: 10–12 weeks from planting
📌 Min. Pot Size: 8–10 inch | Floor Space: 1 sq ft per corm cluster

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📅 Seasonal Availability & Behaviour
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🌱 Planting Season: October to January (for spring blooms Feb–April)
🌸 Flowering: February to April — star-shaped blooms last 3–4 weeks
☀️ Summer: Foliage dies back; lift and store corms in cool, dry place
🌧️ Monsoon: Keep corms in dry storage; do not plant during heavy rains
❄️ Winter: Plant corms in Oct–Jan for reliable spring flowering
🛒 Best Time to Buy: October to January

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🌍 Climate Zone Compatibility
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Cold hardiness: Down to 0°C | Optimal growth temp: 15°C–25°C | Heat stress above: 35°C
Ideal Indian zones: Z2 · Z3 · Z4 · Z6 · Z7 · Z8

✅ Z2 — Cold Hills — Excellent; plant Oct–Dec ✅ Z3 — Subtropical Hills — Very good
✅ Z4 — Subtropical Highland — Good; reliable flowering ✅ Z6 — Subtropical Monsoon Highland — Good with drainage
✅ Z7 — Humid Subtropical — Possible; needs afternoon shade ✅ Z8 — Semi-Arid — Possible with irrigation
⚠️ Z5 — Too humid during rains; lift corms before monsoon ❌ Z1 — Too cold ❌ Z10–Z18 — Too hot

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🏠 Perfect For
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👤 Who: Home gardeners, cut flower enthusiasts, bulb collectors
📍 Where: Borders, rock gardens, pots, cutting gardens
🎯 Why: Colourful spring blooms, excellent cut flowers, easy to grow

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📦 What You Get
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Healthy Ixia corms (random colour) | Carefully packed for safe pan-India delivery
Free plant care guide | 100% healthy bulb guarantee

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❓ FAQ
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Q: What colour will I get? A: Random — could be pink, red, orange, yellow, white or bi-colour.
Q: Can I grow in a pot? A: Yes, 8–10 inch pot with good drainage.
Q: When should I plant? A: October to January for spring blooms.
Q: Can I grow in Mumbai or Bangalore? A: Marginal — best results in cool hill stations.