Lapeirousia Neglecta
Since moving into my new home 4 years ago, I have been replanting my
garden.
Many of the perennial plants are either Californian or South African.
Most of the
plants are grown from seed.
One such plant that has been growing for 2 years now, is Lapeirousia
Neglecta, a South African bulbous plant. I have now learned that this
plant will only flower after a period of fire.
Does anyone know of a way to induce flowering without using fire.
In the wild, I assume the burnt vegetation would return nutrients to the
ground and that these nutrients trigger the bulbs into flowering. If
this is true would it be possible to give the bulb a potash based feed
to trigger the flowers.
Any thoughts will be welcomed.
David Field.
