Albuca major

Habitat

Exposition

Plein soleil

Humidité

Sol sec à moyen.

Sol

Sol léger à moyen. Nécessite un sol drainant.

pH

Sol acide ou calcaire

Rusticité

Zone 8

Habitat originel

Sandy places on flats and lower slopes[73].

Origine géographique

S. Africa.

Comestibilité

• The succulent stems are chewed to allay thirst [177].
• They are rather mucilaginous [2].

Culture

• Requires a sheltered position in full sun in a light well-drained soil [200].
• Succeeds outdoors in areas where frosts are short-lived and light, to a minimum of -5°, and in such areas grow well in a wild or informal garden [200].
• It is best to give the bulbs some protection in the winter, preferably using a cloche or pane of glass [1].
• This species is closely related to A. canadensis and included in that species by some botanists [73, 200].

Propagation

• Seed - we have no details for this species but suggest sowing the seed in a greenhouse in a light well-drained compost as soon as it is ripe if possible, otherwise in spring .
• Sow the seed thinly so that the young plants can be grown on in the same pot for their first year of growth .
• Apply a liquid feed from time to time if the seedlings look as though they need nutrients and prick them out at the end of their first growing season .
• Grow on the plants for at least their next winter in a greenhouse and plant out when the bulbs are dormant in late summer or early autumn .
• Division of offsets in late summer .