Buy St. Bernards Lily (Chlorophytum bichetii) - The Perfect Houseplant for Your Home

Description

Common name:

St. Bernards Lily

Regional name:

Marathi - Motha Chlorophytum

Category:

Groundcovers, Indoor Plants

Family:

Liliaceae or Lily family

Light:

Semi shade, Shade growing, Low light tolerant

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year, Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White

Foliage color:

Variegated, Green, White

Plant Height or length:

Less than 50 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

Less than 50 cms

Plant Form:

Spreading

Special Character:

• Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
• Hanging or weeping growth habit
• NASA plant for Indoor pollution control

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- A native of Africa.
- Its ease of growing makes it a favorite plant with beginners.
- Grows up to 40 cms high.
- Leaves are long grassy about 3 to 4 cms wide and up to 30 cms long.
- Small white flowers are held on long arching stalks. They are followed by a tuft of young plantlets.

Growing tips:

- It is very hardy grows.
- Very dependable.
- Any good soil with compost added is fine.
- Very quick growing.
- Will grow in any good compost.