The milk star is a bulbous plant that is grown in the garden or as a houseplant, depending on the variety. When a milk star blooms depends on the species. Worth knowing about the heyday of the milk star.
The Ornithogalum dubium flowers in winter
When is the milk star blooming?
For some varieties of the milk star, the flowering period begins in April. Other species produce their flowers in midsummer.
- Ornithogalum nutans: Flowering April to June
- Ornithogalum saundersiae: flowering period June to August
- Ornithogalum arabicum: flowering period July to October
- Ornithogalum dubium: flowering period January to March
The orange milk star (Ornithogalum dubium) comes from South Africa and is cultivated as a houseplant. Unlike other varieties, it is not hardy. Its bulbs must be overwintered frost-free indoors.
tips
The milk star is one of the poisonous onion plants. Onions in particular contain many steroids. Caution is therefore required when children and pets are part of the family.