African Corn Lily

Did you know

• It is one of the very few plants in the world that naturally produces turquoise-green flowers.
• The name Ixia comes from the Greek word for 'birdlime,' referring to the sticky sap of some species.
• It grows from a corm and goes completely dormant in summer, adapted to South Africa's Mediterranean climate.
• The turquoise color is produced by a rare combination of pigments including flavonoids and carotenoids.
• It is critically endangered in the wild, surviving in only a handful of sites in the Western Cape.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental garden bulb
• cut flowers
• botanical collections