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Brunsvigia bosmaniae
Brunsvigia bosmaniae is a South African bulbous geophyte from the dry west coast of the Cape, prized for its pink flower heads that appear around March. Grow it in full sun in well-drained soil, let it rest dry in summer, and avoid repeated replanting, which stops flowering.
Brunsvigia bosmaniae is a South African geophyte tumbleweed plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae, and occurring along the dry west coast of the Cape Province. It is known for its profuse pink flowers, which usually occur in March, a few weeks after late summer rains.
Preferring the winter rainfall region of southern Africa, it is found on open flats, coastal sand, rocky outcrops, loam, granite and clay soils, in Namaqualand, Western Karoo, the Bokkeveld Plateau, and the area around the Roggeveld Mountains.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brunsvigia bosmaniae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
