New Zealand Satin Flower in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Libertia grandiflora

New Zealand Satin Flower

Libertia are herbaceous or evergreen clump-forming perennials. They have spiky foliage, often green but can be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The spikes of showy white or blue flowers open in Spring, and they are followed by orange seed-capsules. 'Libertia grandiflora' bears white, bowl-shaped flowers, 2-3cm across in early Summer. The flowers are followed by round seed pods in Autumn which turn black.

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plant Features

Full sun
Occasional watering
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Moist and free draining

plant information

Common name

New Zealand Satin Flower

Latin name

Libertia grandiflora

type

Perennial

family

Iridaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Moist and free draining
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown New Zealand Satin Flower is 0.90meters x 0.90meters

0.90 M 0.90 M

Libertia grandiflora

Libertia are herbaceous or evergreen clump-forming perennials. They have spiky foliage, often green but can be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The spikes of showy white or blue flowers open in Spring, and they are followed by orange seed-capsules. 'Libertia grandiflora' bears white, bowl-shaped flowers, 2-3cm across in early Summer. The flowers are followed by round seed pods in Autumn which turn black.

Flowering

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

Spikes of blue or white flowers appear in Spring and early Summer

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant Libertia after the risk of frost, in moist but free-draining soil in a sunny and sheltered position.

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seeds 1/8" deep in a moist growing medium in Spring. Germination takes 1 - 6 months. Germination can be aided by refrigerating the seeds for 3 weeks. Once seedlings emerge, transplant them to their final location, after hardening them off.

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Divide the plants in Spring by digging up the whole plant, and pulling the roots apart into sections to be replanted straight away

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