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FAMILY : Liliaceae GENUS: Blandfordia SPECIES: Punicea
HEIGHT: 1M WIDTH:30CM  

DESCRIPTION: Christmas Bells, brilliant red flowers, pendulous on short stalks

PROPAGATION: Usually good results from seed, also division
CULTIVATION: Well drained loam, fertile or poor soils
FROST HARDY: Yes

SUITABLE FOR (e.g. rockeries, tubs etc.): Rockeries, well drained garden beds

NATURAL DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania
FLOWERING PERIOD: November/December

PHOTO SUPPLIED BY: Janine Wilson