Galtonia candicans | Summer Hyacinth Cut flower garden 66cm from beak to tail

66cm from beak to tail

The foliage and flowers are excellent for cutting and the leaves are highly sought after for use in posies

Bees and butterflies love this plant

The plants form a bushy clump of bright green leaves from which the tall erect spires of flowers grow into tall slender columns of blue flowers with a wispy tip  The flowers open from the bottom up If you are also wanting a great flower for cutting then this is also a great choice

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Galtonia candicans | Summer Hyacinth Cut flower garden 66cm from beak to tailGaltonia candicans is known as a summer Hyacinth and is a native of South Africa. It has lovely dark green strap like foliage and sends up spikes of beautiful white scented flowers in late summer just as many other summer perennials are coming to an end. The pretty bell shaped white flowers are tinged with green and also make a stunning cut flower. Galtonia is, in fact, a bulb and it prefers a moist full sun position. We mulch ours to keep the