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Summer hyacinth
Family: Liliaceae
Botanical name: Galtonia candicans
Origin: South Africa
Flower colour: white
Flowering period: July - September
Average plant height: 90-120 cm
Planting depth to base of bulbs: 15 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 20 cm
Type of bulb: bulb
Light requirements: full sun to 25% shade
Landscape uses: border (very nice in herbaceous borders), beds and containers
Galtonia likes warm spots in the garden. The long flower spike has 10 to 20 flower bells distributed along the flower spike. It looks like a big, elongated Hyacinth. Galtonia has a very pleasant fragrance.