Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily Seeds

Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily is a fast growing and hardy perennial bladed grass most often grown in landscaping applications for its large strappy foliage and stunningly beautiful large flame red flower spikes. The variety Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily is grown as a screening plant, in mass-plantings in hard-wearing or difficult areas such as beside buildings or fences and is often planted by local councils along nature or median strips as well as roundabouts where it is typically difficult to get other things to grow. Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily plants are non-invasive, generally clump into 1m x 1.2m mounds of arching blades of spectacular foliage and provide an excellent contrast for structural features (walls, edging, water feature) or exemplify the colour of flowering plants in the garden. Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily is a native Australian plant with its indigenous distribution concentrated in eastern New South Wales. This extremely versatile plant as it is drought tolerant, will grow in a range of soils ranging from sandy through to clay and will also handle reasonable periods of wetness in the root zone, although not the ideal environment.

Advantages of Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily

• Stylish landscaping plant
• Stunningly large and beautiful flame red flower spikes
• Extremely hardy and versatile plant
• Beautiful deep strappy foliage
• Cultivar with improved tuft resilience

Features

• 1m height at maturity with flower spikes extending to 2m+
• 1m apart is a suitable planting distance for dense coverage
• Prefers full sun but can cope with light shade
• Will grow in most regions of Australia
• Highly drought tolerant once established
• Easy to grow evergreen perennial grass

Seed Sowing Instructions

• Easy to follow seed propagation notes are provided with every seed purchase
• Seeds of this variety are best started in seed raising mix or Jiffy® pellets before planting into the garden

What am I Purchasing?

• Premium seeds of Doryanthes Excelsa Gymea Flame Lily
• Easy to follow seed propagation notes