2024 Cants Plants Tour

Plant breeder and nurseryman Mark Cant of Cants Plants pioneered the development of the ‘European Peach’ group of clivias and has recently introduced ‘Petite Rouge’, a striking, fiery red compact clivia. Here’s a look at just a few of the incredible plants in bloom in his shadehouse during the 2024 season.

A benchful of vibrant red flowered compact clivias.
Mark Cant’s ‘Petite Rouge’ is a stunning, perfectly proportioned compact red clivia.
A display of Hirao green clivias as well as Mark Cant's 'Favourite', an award-winning tricolour clivia with a green throat and pastel-tipped edges on the very full, recurved florets.
‘Favourite’ and some spectacular Hiraos in the greenhouse waiting to be pollinated.
'Favourite', an award-winning clivia that won the People's Choice award in the 2023 and 2024 Spring Clivia Show.
‘Favourite’, hybridised by Mark, won the People’s Choice award in the Spring Show in 2023 and 2024.
A beautiful benchful of breeding-quality green, yellow, blush, and bicolour clivias.
A Hirao green clivia.
Beautiful Chinese Blush clivia with compact habit and vibrant blush-edged yellow blooms.
Chinese blush clivia with vibrant blushed yellow blooms.
Peach clivia.
Green throat bronze clivia flower head.
Delicate colours on an Apple Blossom clivia plant.
Delicate colours on an Apple Blossom plant.
Yellow Daruma clivia with very compact form.
Yellow Chinese Daruma.
A stunning yellow multitepal clivia.
A beautiful yellow multitepal.
A view of several benches in the shadehouse full of different coloured clivia.
A view of several benches in the shadehouse full of different coloured clivia in bloom.
A view of several benches in the shadehouse full of different coloured clivia in bloom.
A beautiful compact variegated clivia with orange-red flowers.
A very compact Light of Buddha clivia with good form and balance.
Light of Buddha variegated plant.
A pretty pastel clivia flower head catching the afternoon light.
A beautiful bicolour clivia umbel catching the sunlight.