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Candelabra Lily
Brunsvigia orientalis
Animal-friendly
Supports birds
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Supports bees
Aspect
Sun
Sun
Soils
Flowering
- red
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
"Brunsvigia orientalis is one of the exciting surprises experienced in the late summer, when little else is flowering. The emergence of large pinkish 'eggs' suddenly pushing their way above ground, and then very quickly elongating and becoming topped with spectacular red spherical flowerheads is a sight to behold! What makes them even more surprising is that they pop up out of the bare ground, normally without a leaf in sight!"