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Clivia miniata 'Lemon Chiffon' (Lemon Chiffon Yellow Clivia) - An evergreen bulb-like perennial that forms large clumps 2 feet tall and wide with 1 1/2 to 2 inch wide long dark green blunt-tipped leaves. Usually orange flowering, this unique yellow flowering form typically commences flowering in mid to late winter and continues through early spring. This cultivar is characterized by flowers with light yellow petals that are of medium width and are slightly darker towards the middle. After flowering, plants can produce showy fruit which, like the flowers, are yellow.
This very tough evergreen plant is best suited to dry shaded locations in fairly frost-free gardens but it will tolerate situations with regular irrigation as well as winter temperatures into the low 20s F. In colder climates plants can be brought in during the winter.
For more information about yellow Clivia, see our listing for Clivia miniata 'San Marcos Yellow'. Our crops of 'San Marcos Yellow' were the result of a controlled breeding program initiated at our nursery in the mid-1980s using this cultivar, Clivia miniata 'Lemon Chiffon', as the seed parent. Clivia miniata 'Lemon Chiffon' came from Santa Barbara clivia breeder Dave Conway' and we pollinated it using plants received from clivia enthusiast Dr. Glynne Couvillion from Santa Barbara and from Watsonville clivia breeder Joe Solomone. After over 30 years of growing in a large concrete, in the spring of 2020 we finally divided the mother plant of 'Lemon Chiffon' that started us off on our yellow clivia journey and began selling it this early Dave Conway variety. In 2020 we also released plants of Sir Peter Smithers 'Vico Yellow', "once called the world's best yellow Clivia", which we had been building stock from a single plant received in 1998. Both crops of these beautiful Clivia sold out quickly.
Information displayed on this page about Clivia miniata 'Lemon Chiffon' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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