Cultivation

Care and Culture of Clivias

Welcome to the discussion of caring for clivias around the world. Since conditions may vary according to where you live, there are comments from more than one geographical location. In mild climates, clivias are outdoor plants, grown in the garden or for landscaping. They can tolerate a little frost, but not hard freezes. They are very tolerant of drought, but not of bright sunlight.

In cold climates, they are houseplants in the colder months, and potentially for all twelve months of the year. Nevertheless, they do quite well outdoors in summer; you just have to give them some shade.

Breeding Clivias: Making Your Own Seeds

Keeping Pollen for Next Season: Storing Pollen

Dr. Loukie Viljoen's Tutorial on Starting Clivia from Seed in arid climates

Viv Elliott on Germinating Seeds on Vermiculite

Jim Shields on Growing Clivias in the Cold Climates

and on Clivia Nutrition or how to feed your clivias.

Diseases of Clivia

"My Clivia won't bloom!" for when your plant refuses to bloom no matter what you try.

Why do my blooms stay down in the neck of the plant?

Shigetaka Sasaki on Types of Variegation in Clivia

Proposals for Broad Leaf definitions and Leaf Length classifications give some definitions for classes of leaf width and length in clivia cultivars, proposed by the members of the Clivia On-line Chat group and by a group from the Northern Clivia Club, South Africa.