“MAORI ONION” is the popular name given to four species of perennial lilies indigenous to New Zealand, one of which, Bulbinella hookeri, is shown above. The racemes of blooms are carried on long flower stalks, the lower flowers opening first amid lush green, blade-like foliage. A massed display of these plants in flower in the sub-alpine and alpine regions, where they can generally be found, is quite spectacular. They do not seem to have found as much favour in the garden as the South African species of the genus, though even these are not as widely grown here as in other parts of the world.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32037, 11 July 1969, Page 6
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105“MAORI ONION” is the popular name given to four species of perennial lilies indigenous to New Zealand, one of which, Bulbinella hookeri, is shown above. The racemes of blooms are carried on long flower stalks, the lower flowers opening first amid lush green, blade-like foliage. A massed display of these plants in flower in the sub-alpine and alpine regions, where they can generally be found, is quite spectacular. They do not seem to have found as much favour in the garden as the South African species of the genus, though even these are not as widely grown here as in other parts of the world. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32037, 11 July 1969, Page 6
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