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Orange Spade Flower Hybanthus Stellarioides Seeds
Packet of 25+ home grown native seeds!
Host plant to the glasswing butterfly, this fella was once known as Hybanthus enneaspermus.
It is very common in bushland that hasn’t been heavily grazed or logged and is actually related to violets.
It has five petals, but the only one you can see is the big bright orange one.
There are two tiny spur like ones at the top of the flower stem, and the other remaining two are so small they are completely hidden from sight.
I love the look of it, unique is an understatement!
It has tiny pods that split open into three segments when ripe dropping nine little seeds.
These small pointed creamy white coloured seeds germinate just as reliably as the other more common violets do.
This makes me think they should be more widely available and since none of the big guys were doing it I figured I better sell a few packs myself!
They grow from Sydney to the tip of Queensland and for that reason I can’t see why they couldn’t be grown anywhere in Australia with a little careful planning.
Sandy well draining soils and partial shade is best, though some of mine in pots sitting in full sun and it hasn’t been a drama, they just look a bit sad in the middle of the day.
Flowering occurs in Spring~Summer, and the plants will send up new shoots when the old ones finish and they also self-seed all around the mother plants.
Grown by me and the Mrs organically, no chems, no nasties, no problems!!!
