Sold as 3 Orange Wild Dagga Cuttings. Wild Dagga (Leonotis leonurus) is also known as lion’s tail, leonotis (Eng.); wildedagga, duiwelstabak (Afr); imvovo, utywala-bengcungcu, umfincafincane, umunyamunya (isiXhosa); umfincafincane, umcwili, imunyane, utshwala-bezinyoni (isiZulu).
This is an excellent plant for attracting wildlife to your garden as the orange flowers profuse copious nectar which attracts birds, bees and butterflies. It is fast growing, soft-woody, robust, evergreen perennial shrub which grows up to 2-3m tall and 1.5m wide and is both drought and frost hardy.
Planting the Orange Wild Dagga Cuttings
- Insert the cutting into moist potting soil.
- Place the pot in bright but indirect light.
- Cover the pot with a plastic bag or a dome that has a ventilation opening, to retain humidity. If using a plastic bag, then cut a tiny slit in the bag for ventilation.
- Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
- Once the cutting starts taking root you will see new growth forming.
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