Re: Clivia Advice Needed

**M* P* D* <m*@dargan.com>**

I agree with Geti!

Mary Palmer Dargan, asla
Author, licensed landscape architect, lecturer
404-354-1715

> On Dec 12, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Geri Laufer <gerilaufer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lois lucky you! now you have an offset to pot up, root and give away to
> a dear friend, while repotting your plant in fresh soil so it will be ready
> to grow come the lengthening daylight. Or you could give away the old plant
> and keep the offest! Clivia like to be crowded for good bloom. Best, Geri
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:03 AM, <loisdan@juno.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> My approx. 5-year old Golden Dragon Clivia has started to grow an offset
>> and I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. The mother
>> plant has 28 leaves (14 on each side) and barely fits into its assigned
>> corner, which is the only suitable location for it in our house. I know
>> the plant is pretty rootbound because my then-puppy knocked it over about
>> two years ago, breaking both its clay pot and the glazed clay cache pot.
>> 
>> Does the offset mean the mother plant is in distress (it looks very
>> robust)?
>> If I let the offset grow, will the mother plant not bloom (it starts
>> blooming every Feb. 12th)?
>> If I want to keep both, do I need to repot? The most I can do is to pot
>> it up directly into the cache pot to gain about 1/2-inch and a bit more
>> depth.
>> 
>> This is the only Clivia I've ever grown and I was not aware how ginormous
>> they can become until I saw some in Longwood Garden's conservatory. Can
>> this plant be kept in an 8 1/2-inch pot indefinitely? Is root-pruning an
>> option?
>> 
>> Thanks a bunch!
>> Lois
>> 
>> Lois J. de Vries
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