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Libertia caerulescens in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Libertia caerulescens

 

Libertia caerulescens

Libertia are herbaceous or evergreen clump-forming perennials. They have spiky foliage, often green but can be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The spikes of showy white or blue flowers open in Spring, and they are followed by orange seed-capsules. 'Libertia caerulescens' has iris-like leaves, and bears numerous spikes of pale china-blue flowers with bright orange anthers

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plant Features
  • Libertia caerulescens likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Libertia caerulescens likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Libertia caerulescens is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Libertia caerulescens likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Libertia caerulescens

Latin name

Libertia caerulescens

type

Perennial

family

Iridaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Libertia caerulescens likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Libertia caerulescens is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Libertia caerulescens likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Libertia caerulescens likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Libertia caerulescens is 0.30meters x 0.45meters 0.30 M 0.45 M

Libertia caerulescens

Libertia are herbaceous or evergreen clump-forming perennials. They have spiky foliage, often green but can be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The spikes of showy white or blue flowers open in Spring, and they are followed by orange seed-capsules. 'Libertia caerulescens' has iris-like leaves, and bears numerous spikes of pale china-blue flowers with bright orange anthers


Flowering

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

Spikes of blue or white flowers appear in Spring and early Summer

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant Libertia after the risk of frost, in moist but free-draining soil in a sunny and sheltered position.

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seeds 1/8" deep in a moist growing medium in Spring. Germination takes 1 - 6 months. Germination can be aided by refrigerating the seeds for 3 weeks. Once seedlings emerge, transplant them to their final location, after hardening them off.

 

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Divide the plants in Spring by digging up the whole plant, and pulling the roots apart into sections to be replanted straight away

 
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