.png) Cypella coelestis
- flowering season: summer
- height: 2 to 3 feet
- Light requirements: full sun or filtered sun
- Soil requirements: good garden loam
- Water requirments: moderate
- Growth habit: upright, iris-like and clump forming
- How to propagate: from seeds or by dividing
- Leaf type: long, narrow and upright
- Ways to use it such as in a pot or otherwise: either in the ground or in a large container; when grown in a pot it makes a good centerpiece for a mixed combination of flowering plants
- Special characteristics: the flowers do not come all at once by come again and again
From northeastern Argentina, this plant is in the iris family having long, thin upright leaves and two-inch wide sky blue flowers. The shape of the flower is more like a tigridia than an iris. For the first two or three years the length of the leaves and flower stems are eighteen to twenty-four inches, although they can reach to three feet with more age. Older plants grow into a cluster, each set of leaves with its own thickened, brown bulb-like root just below the soil surface. Cypella's flowering season is very long. For us it blooms all summer on older plants and even into fall when grown in a container. A flower will last only a day, however more will follow. And be sure not to remove any flower stems during the summer because stems that you think have finished will surprise you with more after resting for some weeks. A plant will survive outdoors to USDA Zone 8 with protection but does not flower as well as when carried over winter indoors in a pot and transplanted into the ground in spring. It needs full sun. Limited availability. |
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