Shire Wild Bulb Nursery

The nursery supplies both indigenous trees and bulbs, focusing on an extensive range of Eastern Cape bulb species.

Most of our bulbs are summer growing species which have a dormant period during winter. These bulbs are available in dry form and orders can be posted . We also supply a number of winter growing amaryllid bulbs. Orders are posted in Jan-Feb. We also supply a number of bulbs in bags which are available all year round at the nursery. Below is a list of the bulb species available. Please send an email to rob@shire.co.za for a list prices and ages of each species.

Ammaryllidaceae

Iridaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Agapanthaceae, Araceae and Asphodelaceae

To make categorization simpler a number of codes are used.

W    Winter growing bulb ( otherwise they are summer growing)

E     Evergreen

S     Shade-loving  (otherwise enjoys full sun)

B     Available in growing bags (all species are available in dry form)

Send orders to:             Rob Scott

                         P.O. Box 635, Stutterheim, 4930

                         email. rob@shire.co.za

A list of the bulbs available is provided below.

Ammaryllidaceae

Agapanthus praecox          B

Agapanthus campanulatum     B

Amaryllis belladonna         WSB

Ammocharis coranica         B    

Boophane disticha           B

Brunsvigia grandiflora

Brunsvigia gregaria          W

Brunsvigia orientalis         W

Brunsvigia striata            W

Clivia miniata              SBE

Crinum bulbispermum

Crinum campanulatum

Crinum macowanii

Crinum moorei             S

Crossyne guttata            W

Cyrtanthus elatus            W

Cyrtanthus flanaganii

Cyrtanthus loddigicianus

Cyrtanthus obliquus

Cyrtanthus sanguineus

Cyrtanthus smithiae 

Haemanthus albiflos          ESB

Haemanthus coccineus         WB

Haemanthus humilis

Haemanthus montanus

Haemanthus sanguineus        W

Nerine alta

Nerine angulata

Nerine bowdenii            B

Nerine filamentosa

Nerine filifolia

Nerine flexuosa

Nerine humilis

Nerine huttoniae

Nerine krigii

Nerine sarniensis            W

Scadoxus membranaceus        S

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae     SB

Scadoxus puniceus                SB

Iridaceae

Crocosmia aurea              B

Crocosmia paniculata

Crocosmia potsii

Dierama igneum              EB

Dierama floriferum            E    

Dierama medium              EB

Dierama pendulum            E

Dierama pulcherimum          E

Dietes bicolor                E

Dietes iridiodes               E

Feesia laxa (red and blue)      S

Freesia alba                 S

Freesia laxa                 BS

Gladiolus dalenii

Gladiolus ecklonii

Gladiolus mortonius

Hesperantha coccinea          B

Moraea huttonii               E

Sparaxis

Watsonia amatolae            E

Watsonia angusta              EB

Watsonia densiflora

Watsonia borbonica - white      W  

Watsonia borbonica - pink       W

Watsonia knysnana             W

Watsonia pillansii "orange"       E

Watsonia pillansii "pink"         E

Other species

Albuca aurea (white or yellow form)

Eucomis autumnalis            B

Eucomis bicolor              B       

Eucomis comosa             B 

Eucomis comosa - pink hibrid   B             

Eucomis pole-evansii           B

Eucomis zambesiaca            B

Kniphofia bruceae

Kniphofia triangularis

Kniphofia tysonii               B

Kniphofia uvaria                 B

Ornithogalum conicum           WB

Scilla natalensis

Tulbaghia ' Wild garlic'

Velthemia bracteata              WSB

Zantedeschia albomacula          S

Zantedeschia aethiopica            S