20 Ixia Mixed- Bunches of Star Shaped Flowers—Perfect for Balcony, Window, Office Plant- Great Indoors- Also Called Corn Lilies- for Your Colourful Garden

If you need a colorful addition to a flower bed that gets hot afternoon sun, you might want to try growing Ixia bulbs. The plants are commonly called wand flowers, cornflowers or African corn lily plants. Ixia wand flower thrives in the hottest and sunniest areas of the garden, producing attractive, sword-shaped foliage and masses of dainty, star-shaped flowers on wiry stems. This variety is famous for its delightful fragrance. There’s nothing like closing your eyes and breathing in the sweet scent of Spring! Ixia is a deer resistant flower bulb. Ixias are big on colour. Their bright petals come in candy shades of white, orange, red, purple and yellow and a mix of them all. The blooms have a dark centre, which makes the colours seem even brighter. Each Ixia flower is around 5-7cm across and will bloom in succession for an impressive period from late spring to summer. Try planting Ixia at the front of a bed, as part of a lawn planting or in a container. Like most spring flowering bulbs, Ixia look best when planted in clumps, so if you are putting them in the garden/lawn, put three or five in each hole for the best display. In pots place them closely. Ixias are easy, you can simply plant, relax and enjoy as they come back year and year without any fuss. They have narrow, grass like foliage. Plant the corm 10-15cm with the pointy end up. Water to establish, then only if rainfall is low. Ixia bulbs are best left in the soil to naturalise and you will only need to dig and divide them after around four or five years. We recommend adding a little general purpose fertiliser as they begin to bloom. Apart from that just relax and enjoy the show! Ixia are in the same family as Iris and just as simple to grow.