Chinese lantern plant full#

Chinese lantern plant full#

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Occasionally Wet Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Annual Poisonous Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Arching Erect Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Low.America Edibility: Flowers are edible raw or cooked with a sweet flavor Dimensions: Height: 8 ft. Attributes: Genus: Abutilon Family: Malvaceae Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Stem Cutting Country Or Region Of Origin: Unsure- perhaps S.Tags: #showy flowers #poisonous #full sun tolerant #houseplant #annuals #white flowers #shrub #pink flowers #red flowers #yellow flowers #orange flowers #flowering tree #summer flowers #woody shrub #tropical feel 'Savitzii', 'Twister', 'Variegatum', 'Voodoo', 'White King'

See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Problem: Aphids, thrips, mites, whitefly, Pythium root rot are potential problems It can be pruned in spring to help keep it at a manageable size for indoors. It will bloom continuously during the growing season and the showy bell-shaped flowers come in various colors. Pinch plants to encourage bushiness and a stronger growth pattern. This plant can be grown as a houseplant outside of its native zone. Give this plant protection from the hot afternoon sun especially in hot summer areas. See below Descriptionįlowering Maple is in the mallow family and grows best in rich, constantly moist, well-drained soil. The toxic principle was determined to be Colchicine and this was the first occasion upon which the alkaloid was found to be present in Sandersonia aurantiaca.Phonetic Spelling ah-BEW-tih-lon BY HY-brih-dum This plant has medium severity poison characteristics. The plant has been held responsible for at least one case of fatal poisoning, the victim being an 80-year-old Japanese woman who died nine days after eating the corms, after doctors failed in their attempts to reverse the decline in her white blood cell count. The corms of Sandersonia aurantiaca contain levels of the toxic alkaloid colchicine comparable to those in Gloriosa superba, another very poisonous plant belonging to the family Colchicaceae (named for the equally toxic Colchicum autumnale). Of the two plants, Sandersonia is the more resistant to fungal disease. The orange of the flowers of Sandersonia aurantiaca is, however, more yellow in tone than that of the inflated calyces of Physalis alkekengi (another plant known by the common name Chinese lantern). The orange/yellow flowers resemble tiny Chinese Lanterns.

When they have formed large enough clumps, they may be propagated by division. Growth is slow for the first few years but becomes more rapid with each growing season, once the plants are fully established. They do well in San Francisco, San Diego, and other places with mild climates and are also suited to cultivation in glasshouses. Herbaceous perennials, Sandersonias die back naturally at the end of the season, surviving the winter in zones 9 and 10. The growth habit is upright but lax, with plants benefitting from staking.

A delicate plant, it bruises easily if handled carelessly.

Sandersonia aurantiaca thrives in well-drained sandy soil enriched with compost and enjoys full sun, but not excessive heat (under which condition it requires frequent watering). aurantiaca is a perennial plant of trailing growth that can reach 30 inches in height. aurantiaca include Christmas bells, golden lily of the valley, Chinese lantern lily and Chinese lantern bulb. Sandersonia is a monotypic genus of rhizomatous plant, belonging to the family Colchicaceae, the single species Sandersonia aurantiaca being native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces) and Eswatini (Swaziland).