Bomarea salsilla

Under glass, grow in loam-based potting compost, with added sharp sand, in full light with shade from hot sun. Provide support. When in growth, water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly; keep just moist in winter. Outdoors, grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun.

Cut back dead and flowered stems to ground level in winter.

Sow seed at 13-16°C (55-61°C) in spring. Divide established plants in late winter or early spring as growth begins.

May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly and aphids under glass.

Generally disease-free