Japanese name: キバナハナニラ（黄花花韮） Scientific name:Tristagma sellowianum
[Overview]
A perennial about 10 cm tall.
It has a spherical bulb underground.
The leaves are basal and linear.
The flowers bloom facing upward at the tip of the flower stalk.
The flowers are yellow with 6 petals, about 3–4 cm across, with a single purplish-brown stripe in the center of the outer side of each outer tepal.
It goes dormant in summer.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by dividing the bulbs.
It prefers a well-drained site in sun to partial shade.
It is drought tolerant, and for both potted plants and plants in the ground, watering is not particularly necessary unless sunny weather continues and the soil becomes very dry.
Stop watering during dormancy.
For fertilizer, applying slow-release chemical fertilizer as a base fertilizer is enough.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
