Bring the luminous energy of the South African veld into your garden with Albuca nelsonii, a striking bulb known for both its resilience and healing power. Often called the Nelson’s Slime Lily, this evergreen beauty produces tall green-white flower spikes and elegant spiral leaves that radiate strength and vitality.
 
A plant of light and endurance, Albuca nelsonii embodies the energy of purification and renewal. In traditional healing the clear gel within its leaves is used much like Aloe. It's soothing to burns, bites and skin irritations while cooling and calming the body. Its vibration restores balance after exhaustion, helping to cleanse stagnant energy and rekindle inner strength.
 
Plant Albuca nelsonii near your doorway or in a sunlit corner of your garden to invite ancestral protection, healing, and vitality. It thrives in well-drained soil and full to partial sun, rewarding the caretaker with both physical medicine and radiant spiritual energy.
 
Use its gel for natural skin care, or honour it as a sacred ally in renewal and cleansing rituals. Associated with the Sun and the element of Fire balanced by Water, it carries the light of resilience and the calm of enduring life force.
 
Energetic Qualities: Purifying, strengthening, protective
Medicinal Actions: Soothing, anti-inflammatory, regenerative
Ritual Use: Renewal baths, protection charms, ancestral connection
Pronunciation: al-BOO-kah nel-SON-ee-eye
 
Growing Information:
 
Plant Type: Bulb
Height: Up to 1 m
Shape: Clump forming
Evergreen: Yes
Hardiness: Very hardy
Position: Full sun or light shade (excellent for dry shade under trees)
Water Requirements: Water-wise once established
Soil: Prefers loamy, well-drained soil
Flowering Time: Early summer
Flower Colour: White with green stripes
Growth Rate: Fast
Habitat: Grassland, rocky outcrops
Regions: Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Coast