Burt Associates Clivia

Clivia miniata is an outstanding houseplant; easy to grow, needs little care and flowers late winter. We offer variegated plants that are decorative even when they are not flowering. The most common Clivias have orange flowers with yellow throats. While yellow-flowered Clivias have become widely available recently, variegated Clivias remain rare and desireable. The combination of yellow flowers and variegated leaves is very rare. Some of the seedling we offer will produce this combination. Clivia is related to the common Amaryllis. However, unlike Amaryllis, Clivia retains its foliage year round and is thus a valuable and decorative houseplant

We have been breeding variegated Clivia miniata for many years and now offer some of our stock on the net. Clivia 3-6 will flower later this year with reasonable culture and are individually priced. Cliva 1 and Clivia 2 have been flowering for three years and are priced at $160. These will also produce 'pups' which will enable you to pot up new divisions. We also have variegated seedlings at the one-leaf stage for sale at $10. Some of these will produce extremely rare yellow flowered variegated Clivia. As not all seeds yield variegated plants buying seedlings assure you that you have a variegted plant at the lowest possible cost. We send all plants bare root at a shipping cost of $8/plant, UPS surface or $14.50 3 Day service.

Here are some cultural points to begin with. Full summer sun will burn the leaves. They need some shade. If you keep them at room temperature and water them year round they will grow into lovely plants. But they will not flower unless you subject them to dry and chilly conditions late Fall and early Winter.. Temperature should be below 55F (but above freezing) and they should be kept dry to interrupt the growth cycle and initiate bud formation. I do this from November until January. Then I water sparingly until flower buds appear after which they can be displayed anywhere.

Seeds for variegated plants are obtained by pollinating the flowers borne on variegated plants. The pod parent must be variegated. Seeds (not all of which will produce variegated plants) take about one year to mature. Plants bloom in 3-5 years depending upon the quality of the culture. Germination is just about 100% . So the process is simple - but you must have a variegated plant to begin with. Clivias are easy to grow. All you want to know about Clivia culture can be found at Shields Garden .

 

Clivia 1  To purchase Clivia 1 $160

Clivia 2  To purchase Clivia 2 $160

Clivia 3  To purchase Clivia 3 $100

Clivia 4 To purchase Clivia4 $80

Clivia 5  To purchase Clivia 5 $85

 

Clivia 6  To purchase Clivia 6 $80

To purchase seedlings. $10 plus $3 shipping

To purchase 5 seedlings for $40, shipping free