The cormus perennial has upright foliage and forms a large clump. It has upright-arching slender lance-shaped mid-green leaves and the pink funnel-shaped flowers appear in a spike above the foliage from spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Watsonia borbonicais naturally found in the Western Cape of South Africa growing in stony well-drained moist soils. It prefers a protected sunny position and is frost tender but drought tolerant.

Pink Watsonia is a clump forming perennial is grown in garden borders or mass planting in parks and large gardens. It can also be grown in pots and tubs establishing from division in one season. It is planted around water features tolerating boggy soils. It requires little maintenance once established gives an annual flush of flowers.ID 1380

Note:
The subsp. arderneiwith white flowers is also known as syn. Watsonia arderneiand may be classed as its own species.

Watsonia(wot-SON-ee-a) borbonica (bor-BON-ee-ka)

Iridaceae(eye-rid-AY-see-ee)
Iris Family