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Products > Albuca aurea
 
Albuca aurea - Golden Tamarak
   
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Bulb/Tuber/Rhizome etc.
Family: Hyacinthaceae (~Amaryllidaceae)
Origin: South Africa (Africa)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Winter/Spring
Synonyms: [Ornithogalum auratum]
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 2-3 feet
Exposure: Light Shade/Part Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F
Albuca aurea (Golden Tamarak) - A bulbous evergreen perennial to 1 to 2 feet tall that grows in a cluster of fat green bulbs with brown fibrous tunics sitting at ground level and holding broad clasping 18-inch-long mid green acuminate channeled leaves that rise upward and then arch over towards the ground. From spring to early summer appear the During spring it bears erect yellow flowers with green markings on the back sides and held on pedicels in umbels.

Plant in full to part sun in a well-draining soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently. Hardy to 25° F. Plant at least two thirds of the bulb's volume above ground. An attractive plant in a rock or mediterranean plant garden, on a slope or as a container specimen.

Albuca aurea is native from Clanwilliam to Little Karoo in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it grows on stony clay slopes. Albuca is a genus of more than 100 species belonging to the Hyacinthaceae family with the genius name derived from the Latin words 'albus' meaning "white" or 'albicans' meaning becoming white in reference to the color of the flowers. The specific epithet is the Latin word meaning "yellow" in reference to the flower color of this species.

We have bult up our stock on this plant since purchasing a single 4 inch plant from Robert Web of Arid Lands when visiting his fantastic nursery in the spring of 2009. 

This information about Albuca aurea displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.

 
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