Re: clivia

**"* M* <j*@minnichgardendesign.com>**

Catriona,

I'm here in Arlington, VA, and I do the same as you--mine actually blooms 
outside in the summer for me (I keep it in deep shade under a Southern 
Magnolia in the summer), and it sits in a bright, cool room in the winter 
and basically just rests.  My two pots of clivia are rootbound, and I've 
always heard they bloom if rootbound (not sure if this is true or not).  As 
far as light requirement, they are right down there with aspidistra--among 
the lowest-light houseplants I know--and easy.

Jeff
Jeff Minnich
Jeff Minnich Garden Design, Inc.
www.minnichgardendesign.com
703.525.4540
"Earth Laughs in Flowers"  Ralph Waldo Emerson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catriona Tudor Erler" <cterler@gardenvista.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: [GWL] clivia

> Here in Virginia I've had an orange clivia for several years.  I keep it
> outdoors in the warm months, and bring it inside during the winter.
> Alas, it hasn't ever flowered, so I'm thinking of giving up.  Any
> suggestions?  The friend who gave it to me gets flowers, but she has a
> sun room where her tender plants live in the winter.   I don't have
> that.  Maybe mine isn't getting enough light?...
>    Catriona
>
> Kathryn Marsh wrote:
>
>>Mine sits next to the orange one and behaves exactly like it. Its
>>strictly an indoor plant here in Ireland - can just about survive the
>>winter outside but won't flower if you leave it out so it lives and
>>thrives in an unheated conservatory.
>>
>>Kathryn
>>
>>
>>On 2 Jan 2008, at 14:54, loisdan@juno.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Grandma's clivia made such an impression on me in the 1950s that,
>>>decades
>>>later, I instantly recognized it in a plant catalog. Alas, I don't
>>>much
>>>care for orange flowers. Now that the price of the yellow clivia has
>>>finally come down some, I'm ready to make my move. Does anyone have
>>>experience with the yellow clivia? Is it as easy, easier than, or more
>>>difficult than the orange?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Lois J. de Vries
>>>Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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