Plant in full sun to light shade with little to occasional irrigation – is drought tolerant. Hardy to at least 25 F. The sap from the leaves of this plant has been used medicinally in a way similar to the Aloe vera gel.

We grew this plant at the nursery from 2001 until 2012, originally from seed received from Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in 1995. More recently we switched to growing the very similar but even more attractive Bulbine natalensis, though we note that Bulbine natalensis is often listed as a synonym for Bulbine latifolia var. latifolia, such as in the Royal Botanic Garden Kew's database at Plants of the World Online. To us these two plants seem different with the plant we list as Bulbine natalensis being more robust and forming larger colonies. 

The information displayed on this page about Bulbine latifolia is based on the research we conducted about it in our nursery horticultural library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include some of our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.