Bugle Lily

Did you know

• The genus is named after Sir William Watson, an 18th-century English botanist and physicist who helped classify electrical phenomena.
• In parts of Australia, Watsonia species have become seriously invasive, displacing native vegetation after escaping gardens.
• The trumpet-shaped flowers are arranged along tall spikes, resembling a military bugle, hence the common name.
• Each corm can produce multiple offsets annually, and a small planting can multiply into a dense colony within a few years.
• The fynbos region of South Africa, where it is native, is a biodiversity hotspot with more plant species per area than tropical rainforests.

Color meanings

Uses

• cut flowers
• perennial borders
• mass plantings
• slope stabilization