How Deep to Plant Bletilla?
Plant Corm-Like Pseudobulbs to 4” Deep in Spring. After Flowering, Continue to Provide Regular Moisture to Plants for the Remainder of the Growing Season. May...
Plant corm-like pseudobulbs to 4” deep in spring. After flowering, continue to provide regular moisture to plants for the remainder of the growing season. May not be reliably winter hardy throughout USDA Zone 5 where a winter mulch is advisable. Will naturalize over time in optimum growing conditions by short rhizomes.
How do you grow Bletilla?
- Latin Name Pronunciation: bleh-till'-ah.
- Light/Watering: Full sun to partial shade, protected from afternoon sun. ...
- Fertilizer/Soil and pH: Grow in moist, well-drained soil rich in humus. ...
- Continuing Care: Easy to grow, Bletilla will spread to form generous clumps.
Is Bletilla Hardy?
Bletilla, or the Hyacinth Orchid, is one of the hardiest and easiest to grow terrestrial garden orchids in the UK. Slowly forming clumps which produce their gorgeous detailed, striped violet-pink flowers in early summer.
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