Plant in full sun to light shaded in a well-drained soil and irrigate regularly to occasionally - though from a summer rainfall area, this plant is fairly drought tolerant plant once established. Hardy to frost and possibly useful in gardens as cold as USDA zones 7b. Great as an accent plant or for a mass planting and older clumps can be divided to expand the planting.

Bulbine abyssinica inhabits rocky, well-drained grassland sites throughout the summer rainfall regions of the Eastern Cape province, north through Lesotho up to Ethiopia. The name Bulbine comes from the Greek word 'bolbine' and Latin 'bulbus', a general word for a bulbous or onion-like plant but is somewhat misleading as these plants do not have a bulbous base. The specific epithet comes from the Latin word 'Abyssinia' that was an early name for Ethiopia, where this plant was first described from. Other common names for this plant include Golden Stars and Yellow Cat's Tail. We grew this plant from 2014 through 2024. 

The information about Bulbine abyssinica that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.