Watsonia

Botanical Information:
Watsonia is a very pretty plant, with attractive foliage and gorgeous spikes of cup-shaped pink or white flowers. It is easily distinguished from other species of Watsonia by both by its leaves and its flowers. The leaves are made distinctive by being unusually broad, bluish-green in colour and with pronounced, heavily thickened, yellowish margins. Watsonia flowers are cup-shaped and Ixia-like compared to its tubular-flowered relatives.

Horticultural Use:
Watsonia is a tough, low maintenance, easy plant in cultivation. It is shown to best effect when mass planted, but also looks good when planted amongst other plants in the rockery, or mixed border where even when not in flower, its leaves provide interesting colour and texture.

Flowering Time:
Southern Hemisphere
September to November