Triteleia ixioides 'Starlight'
Golden brodiaea pretty face
Also known as Brodiaea ixioides 'Starlight', Brodiaea lutea 'Starlight'
- Height × spread
- 0.4m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
Delightful pale yellow starry flowers that almost dance on a large head of like blooms (an umbel). Each flower is carried on the slenderest brown stem. The flowers are six petalled stars with wide-stretched petals. The petals are long and slender with a darker brown line running part way down the centre of each petal. On the underside, visible before they open, there is a green central stripe at the centre point. The leaves precede the flowers and often die before the flowers emerge. It flowers in late spring or early summer and needs very good drainage, enjoying a period of summer dryness. It prefers a partially shaded site. It is a hardy plant. These flowers are sometimes used for cutting.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.4m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer · Planting
Divide while dormant
Clumps of bulbs, corms or rhizomes can be divided in summer when the plant is dormant, or as the foliage dies away. The divided bulbs or corms can immediately be replanted at a little distance from each other, or moved to other locations.