Chlorophytum saundersiae

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Price:  £4.50 –+ Add to Basket Family:  Asparagaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  White Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Shade Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  30cm to 45cm (12" to 18") Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H3 minimum 1C to -5C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      Approx. 8 in stock View our Pot Size guide:

A hardy-ish spider plant! Clumps of elegant, grassy leaves and masses of starry white flowers held on arching stems in summer to 40cm. Drained, good soil in shade is best.

Chlorophytum saundersiae has proved to be one of those plants where the more you cosset it, the less happy it is!  We've found it happiest growing in a pot in a shade tunnel where it has dried out in summer and been soaked and frozen solid in winter.  Plants kept in a cosy heated polytunnel overwinter have objected!  So, I'd say if you can grow Begonia grandis outside, try this Chlorophytum in the same place.