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Flowering and growth height
16 - 20 inch
Plant depth
2 inch
Planting distance
2 inch
Attracting bees and butterflies
Yes
Suitable for pots and planters
No
Deer and rodent resistant
No
Scented
Yes
Suitable as cut flower
Yes

Ixia is a special summer bulb with beautiful star shaped flowers. The ixia has a lovely scent and it attracts butterflies to your garden. We offer a colourful mixture to perk up your garden, border and pots. This variety prefers a sunny spot and is wonderful in addition to dahlias and ornamental grasses. The ixia is alto suitable as cut flower in a vase, along with dahlias and paeonies. Ixia does not like the frost.

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  • Flowering period
  • Planting period

Attracting bees and butterflies Yes
Bulb type Ixia
Deer and rodent resistant No
Delivered as Flower bulb or tuber
Flower colour Mixed
Flowering and growth height 16 - 20 inch
Flowering period July, August
Hardiness zone 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Hardy Yes
Naturalising No
Number per m2 40
Per package 25
Place / Planting position Partial shade, Sun
Plant depth 2 inch
Planting distance 2 inch
Scented Yes
Suitable as cut flower Yes
Suitable for pots and planters No

Other information

  • First loosen the soil well where the flower bulbs will be planted. Then the soil is easier to work with.
  • Dig a hole and make sure it is 2 to 3 times as deep as the height of the bulbs.
  • For the distance between the bulbs, make sure it is 2 times the diameter of the flower bulbs.
  • Plant the flower bulbs in the hole with the pointed side facing up or with the root base facing down.
  • Cover the bulbs with soil and water them well.

Pre-orders can be placed from March until the first of August, unlesss otherwise indicated, which will be shipped in the first half of September and delivered latest by October.
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