Lachenalia aloides’A B’

Lachenalia aloides is a bulb native to the granite hills of the south-western Cape of South Africa, near Cape Town. This Asparagaceae forms clumps of strap-shaped, sometimes spotted leaves 15-28 cm long, bearing in winter and spring clusters of pendent, tubular flowers, yellow tipped red, resembling those of a miniature aloe, hence the epithet. The code "A B" attached to this entry most likely denotes an internal nursery selection or batch marker whose precise meaning could not be established. Grow in a sheltered, frost-free, sunny spot in well-drained soil, with a dry summer dormancy.