Description
Family: Asphodelaceae
Origin: Temperate Australia
Provenance: Tasmania
Form: Clump forming lily. Herbaceous perennial – dies down in winter
Height 75 cm
Growth: Fast
Uses: Mass plantings, rockeries, pots, around ponds
Soil: All soils including occasional inundation
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Frost: Very hardy
Drought: Extremely tolerant
Flowers: Yellow star like flowers in spring and summer
Features: Long flowering. Butterfly attracting.
Edibles: Bulb when roasted. Said to be the sweetest of the lily like plants. Nutritious – high levels of calcium and iron. Spring onion taste.
