Clivia, Clivia miniata, Queen of the Shadows, Natal Lily, Bush Lily.

You will receive one blooming sized Clivia plant with no soil or pot. I will not cut any leaves that do not have weather damage! I will send in the correct size box so you get the whole beauty! They ship very well in moist napkin, but don’t really need one. No soil, for the plant’s sake, not yours or mine. You will not receive the ones in the pictures unless its by accident. They are all grown all over the property and I pick the nicest ones when ordered. The main picture is one of a $50 Clivia that was sent as a surprise birthday present by a customer in Colorado.

Clivia are herbaceous or evergreen perennial plants, with green, strap-like leaves. Individual flowers are bell-shaped, occurring in umbels on a stalk above the foliage

Delightful to the eye, drought tolerant. Either grow indoors or outdoors, just as long as they get indirect sunlight, they will bloom. No direct sun for Clivia (kli vee uh). 

Most of my mature clivias will flower twice a year, occasionally even more. Expect at least one blooming session in winter (it's their normal season), but it's certainly not unusual to see them bloom again in the summer and sometimes yet again in the fall.

They will be shipped with no soil and pot! The shipping of these plants is difficult and a pot will make it easier for plant to be damaged during shipment. You must have your own soil and pot or ground (in complete shade) ready for your plant

Remember, this plant does not bloom all year long. Each plant is different, and each has their own attitude/personality. Some have more leaves than others, and may have a different shade of green and copper, some have more roots than others, and some are larger than others. Then some have their leaves go in sync with each other, and as you can see from the pups, some let their leaves go every which way.

This member of the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) bears clusters of 10-15 trumpet-shaped flowers above a thick, upright stem. Bright orange flowers.

How to Make Clivia Bloom
Give Lily a cool, dry rest for 6-8 weeks in fall to make it bloom. If you live where winters are cold, you can keep the potted clivia on your porch or patio for a month before the first frost, then bring it back inside and keep it in a cool room until midwinter.
After this rest, increase water along with normal room temperatures will bring a spectacular show of blooms in March or April or like this year, 2022, some are now in May.

After the Bloom
Cut off the spent flower head. Wait till the flower stem begins to shrivel before cutting it off at the base of the plant. You can continue to display the plant, its glossy fan of leaves will still be attractive.
This beautiful bloomer flowers best when it is slightly pot-bound and can stay in the same pot for 3 years or more. Its thick, fleshy roots often appear on the surface of the soil. Just top dress every year by topping with fresh soil as needed.
An easy plant for containers for a bright but shady spot spring thru fall, leaving outside in the fall long enough to trigger floral initiation under cool temps **do NOT let them freeze**

Shipping will be the Monday after your order is placed. I can ship any other day as long as you message me to let me know its okay. The goal is for your plant to reach you without spending any extra time sitting around a post office 😀

Your cutting will be carefully wrapped and packaged so that no damage can occur. The heat may get to it, but it should bounce back quickly after getting some fresh air and water.

Watering (Or how most people kill their plants)

I use a very simple water system. First of all during the late spring, summer and 1/2 way through the winter, I use any 20-20-20 soluable fertilizer I can buy at a reasonable price. (You can use almost any fertilizer as long as the numbers added up =60)
(Note, we use a product we affectionally call Barry's Special Sauce). Use it once per month in the place of one of the fertilizations. Our plants grow really much faster with our mixture.) Everything any houseplant may need is in the "Sauce"

Once during April, I use a fertilizer lower in nitrogen and higher in Potassium and the Phosphates to promote flower growth. See Jack's Fertilizer for example, this is a substitution for the 20-20-20 not in addition.

For three weeks we use 1/4 teaspoon of fertilizer per gallon of water (Or 2 weeks Fertilizer, 1 week Sauce, 1 week water only). I make sure the pots drain. No standing water, please.

This procedure is carried out whether watering by hand or using sophisticated dosing systems.

On the fourth week we use only water and nothing else and fully flush any salts out of the plant. (again no standing water left in pot, please).

In Late Winter/Early Spring change your fertilizer over to any good one that has its second number, at least, twice as high as the first. This action will stimulate larger flowers, flower counts and bigger Umbels. Do this until late spring.

If you really want your adult plants to bloom you'll let them dry out from early winter to a point 2-3 months later. Give them a little drink of water monthly. Not much, just make sure they are staying turbid (not drooping over)

Remember if in doubt don't fertilize..

The cold Period

In order to stimulate your Clivia to both bloom and especially to encourage growth of tall Umbels (Balls of flowers), you must give them a little winter chill. We place our adults into an area that in general remains at 45-60 during a winter day and drops no lower than 40 degrees fahrenheit at night.

Some enthusiasts use higher numbers but we are simply trying to expose what we do to our valued customers. NOT be the exact plant used in the photo unless otherwise indicated in the listing.