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Eucomis bicolor is a perennial growing from a large bulb. It reaches 30–60 cm (12–24 in) in height, with a basal rosette of wavy leaves 30–50 cm (12–20 in) long. In late summer (August in the UK), it produces a stout stem , often with purple markings.
Eucomis pallidiflora, the giant pineapple lily, is a bulbous species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini). The white to green flowers appear in summer and are arranged in a spike , topped by a "head" of green leaflike bracts. Some forms reach almost ...
Eucomis autumnalis is a perennial growing from a large bulb with a diameter of up to 8–10 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in). Like other Eucomis species, it has a basal rosette of strap-shaped leaves. These are up to 55 cm (22 in) long and 6–13 cm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 –5 in) wide, with a wavy margin.
A lily bulb produces new green growth as the weather warms in the spring and depending on the variety and hardiness zone, blooms emerge in late spring or summer. Once the plant has bloomed, the ...
Find out if your lily bulbs need to be lifted out of the ground for the winter, according to a bulb expert.
The genus Eucomis was first published by Charles L'Héritier in 1789. [2] [4] The name Eucomis is of Greek origin, eu-meaning "pleasing" and kome "hair of the head", [5] thus referring to the tuft of leaf-like bracts that crown the inflorescence of the species in this genus.
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