Comments on: Helen Dillon’s Libertia

By: In praise of…greenery « Helen’s Blog

In praise of…greenery « Helen’s Blog — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:51:01 +0000

[...] seem to glow in the gloom, for that much-loved spikey, dusky-leafed Libertia ixioides (about which I wrote this time last year and which is even more fullsome [...]

By: Madelyn

Madelyn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Hi Helen, I recently purchase the ixioides version of this plant earlier in the year and was thrilled when it flowered – obviously its stopped now and there are pods where the flowers used to be. I want to try and collect seeds to grow plants for my mum and sister and assume that the those pods are the way to do it. Can you offer any tips for me?

Thanks!

By: Libertia - finally… « Helen’s Blog

Libertia - finally… « Helen’s Blog — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:01:14 +0000

[...] I don’t have a very elegant camera, so I am finding it really hard to get a picture (as promised) that does this wonderful plant [...]

By: Victoria Summerley

Victoria Summerley — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:34:22 +0000

Absolutely agree about libertia. I’ve got lots of it, much of it unintentional since it self-seeds like crazy, and three sorts: grandiflora, ixioides and ixioides ‘Goldfinger’. For something that seems close to the perfect plant (evergreen, lovely flowers, grows in sun or shade, does well in a pot) I’m always amazed by how few people recognise it. And those who do tend to remark on the self-seeding propensity rather than its virtues. I’ve got a pic of mine on my website if you want to have a look. Huge fan of your column, by the way