The "Frizzle Sizzle Plant" - How to grow and Care For Albuca spiralis 

Thanks for that. Any problems with it just ask....

The flowers are so pretty

Any questions let us know, it is an easy plant to grow, however not really an indoor plant...

Yes, you are right, hand pollination seems to be needed for good pollination.

Thanks Brian, hope they grow well for you.

Glad it was helpful!

Ours are always with the top of the bulb just above the ground and we have grown them for a number of years. Our local succulent expert, also grows them like this, so for us, with the neck of the bulb above the ground

I wish I could share a pic of mine. One has a short stalk with flowers pods while the other has a long stalk, about 12 inches and a gaggle of flower pods

Yes put it back into fairly dry soil, after a week to 10 days, water once and then dormancy over summer. Only a little water every 10 - 20 days. This is a plant that does not need much water, and needs to dry a little out between waterings. Happy New Year and Happy Gardening....

@@johnnyAGardening thank you very much! I'll try it, let's hope it will work 🌻

Cathi Jones I live in the US too and understand the confusion. John talks about seasons rather than particular months, so the care instructions are the same for us in the northern hemisphere as they are for those in the southern hemisphere. The four seasons progress throughout the year in both hemispheres; they are just during different times during the calendar year. Albuca spiralis is native to the area around Cape Town, South Africa which has a Mediterranean climate. Wet winters, dry summers. It does its growing during the rainy winter season, etc. I hope that helps.

Hello Cathi, sorry for the delay. Our top tip is to grow them outdoors and give them a cold winter. NOT freezes and heavy frosts but cold. Also give them a hot summer, where you are, good morning sun and maybe protection from the hot afternoon sun. Good drainage, a little fertilizer once a year. So its the same as here, however your winters are a bit colder, you get down to around 39f (say 4c) sometimes lower, we get down to around 4 - 8c and do not get freezes. A little follow up video coming soon with luck. Happy gardening, stay safe and good luck with frizzle zizzle.

Sorry for the delay in answering, You can get multiple flowers from the one bulb, never seen 7 though. We have a little follow up video coming soon.

Hello Nicole, if you are growing it as an indoor plant or outdoor plant you do need to treat the plant much the same way. Good light, warmth , not too much water , dry between waterings, and try to allow it to have a summer dormancy. It will benefit from a summer dormancy, so maybe you can give it a holiday outside over summer. Indoors and with moisture year round it tends not to go dormant, however in the long term this is not necessarily a good thing.

We usually wait until they come away very easily when pulled, so try pulling them away gently and see if they come away from the bulb. However you can cut them back fairly low if you are re potting.

@@johnnyAGardening thank you a lot!!

Very easy to germinate. We use ordinary potting mix, sift a little over the top, sow seeds on sifted layer and then sift a thin layer over the top. Keep moist in a warm position and they should germinate within ten days.... Will have a video on that very soon.

@@johnnyAGardening thank you

You can divide them when in dormancy. As for too much dormancy, they tend to come out of dormancy when they are ready. It is interesting that two of our smaller offsets are putting on good new growth, the two larger ones are only just starting and thats around 3 weeks later than the small ones. I will try to make another video on dividing the bulbs ASAP.

They are more difficult indoors than outdoors, however - You can grow them indoors, - it will need really good light and careful watering (don't over water). It also needs a period of cold during the winter (cold nights but not zone 6 cold), so just give it a rest from indoor heating at night . An enclosed patio would work well

johnny A hi there, I just received my Albuca Spiralis. I just finished potting it, and wanted to know if I should wait on watering it for a few days...or should I give it a drink now. It has been in shipping for a few days, so the foliage has slightly browned tips and is just a little slumped looking. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks 🤗

@@andreavinacco8011 I would not worry about the brown tips, and would water it once now and then let the soil almost dry out before watering again . I would wait for 2 - 3 days if the root system looked damaged .

As a matter of interest, ours flowered again this year and we hand pollinated the flowers. We have collected seed and will try to do a video on germinating the seed.....

johnny A that’s would be great, I would love to see this. Thank you

Best to hand pollinate to ensure seeds, use a small paint brush or brush, or similar to spread the pollen from one flower to the next and from stamen to stigma.

@@johnnyAGardening thank you!

Where are you located and are you growing it indoors or outdoors.

johnny A in doors in the UK, I think the bulbs have started to shrink now some 🙊

@@IsaValentinus OK, ... As the bulbs are shrinking, and have no foliage, you may be in trouble. I would repot them making sure they are not rotting. Keep them in as much light as possible and on the dry side. Don't fertilise them. They really need outdoors and dry over summer and in winter they need cold. Good light as well. But not heavy frosts and freezes. They also need a free draining potting mix. They only need water from autumn to spring, but still not soggy soil. So try repotting and if the bulbs are not rotting you have a chance.....Let us know.

johnny A okay 👌🏼 repotted, small compared to what they once were.. used to be pot-bursting size that needed separating. There is now 3 smallish with 1 tiny tiny new one :) few healthy roots on each, so now put them in the brightest sunniest window.

@@IsaValentinus OK. So let them settle in. Just a little water. They don't want to be dry, however not wet either. Maybe a little liquid seaweed fertiliser or similar in a week or two. With the window, remember that sun through windows can be very hot, so be careful that they are not to close if theis is the case.

Bees actually pollinated ours this year - However you can get more consistent pollination with a small paint brush, when the flowers are new brush the inside of one flower and then another and then back to the first an so on.

Yess .... Outdoors, protect from frosts, once established water every 2 - 3 weeks during growing season.

Ilive in a deep winter state So am going to try and make it a house plant if I get the seeds to germinate. Thanks @@johnnyAGardening