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Requirements for Zephyranthes candida growing and care:
Well-drained soil, mulch (better chopped mulch)
How to care:
Add fertilizer once a year, better to let the plant establish, organic matter
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Bulbs
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, but to start from bulb it’s easier also when start by mature bulbs it will bloom in the same year and from seeds it’s harder and will take a lot of years until blooming
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Might naturalize in some areas
Planting season:
Spring, summer, autumn
How to plant:
Better to dig bigger hole and put some organic material and rich soil
Pests and diseases:
Slugs, snails
Pruning season:
Summer
How to prune:
When all the leaves are dry prune all, and possible in the middle of the season dead leaves
Size of the plant?
10-25 cm, 4-10 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Average growing, when start from seeds it
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indo as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in pots, planter, flowerpot or containers:
Yes, when growing in container the plant (with one bulb can grow in 5L (1 gallon), well-drained soil and better to use potting mix or something similar, every few need to check the soil that it’s still viable and if not take care of the soil by washing the old soil and put new, but in order to get flowers after a lot years need to check that the roots system not fill all the planter, if it’s full need to reduce that amount of plants or to increase the size of the container
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Summer / Autumn
General information about the flower:
White flower with inner yellow there are 6 petals with yellow stamens
Pollination is done by:
Bees, butterfly
Scientific name:
Zephyranthes candida
zephirantes candida, autumn zephyrlily,[2] white windflower[3] and Peruvian swamp lily
Categories
Blooming Seasons | - Autumn flowers
- Summer flowers
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
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Ornamental parts | - Ornamental flower
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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Plant life-form | - Deciduous
- Geophyte
- Herbaceous
- Perennial plant
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Plant Uses | - Floristry
- Ornamental plants
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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