Galtonia Gardening Tips

Galtonia is a genus of flowering plants in family Hyacinthaceae, comprising only four species. Galtonia was named after Sir Francis Galton. Native to South Africa and is useful in the mixed border or containers, providing flowers in late summer.

The most widely-grown species is Galtonia candicans (Cape hyacinth, summer hyscinth). The leaves are long, grey-green in color and lance-shaped. Each erect stem of 1.2m can produced 30-40 cream-white, bell-shaped flowers which are faintly scented. Another species Galtonia viridiflora produces beautiful spikes of 15-30 greenish-white, bell-shaped flower, also in late summer.

Plant Glatonia in sun, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Propagation is by seed in spring or by removing offsets in spring.

Galtonia candicans
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