Helpful Gardening Tips

Hurricane Lily or Spider Lily

Hurricane lilies are easy to grow. Just plant one bulb almost anywhere in your landscape and it will come up year after year, splitting itself into additional bulbs. Every couple of years dig up the bulbs and divide them.

Use in mixed borders, meadows and natural areas. It does well in the filtered shade of large trees. Plant clusters of hurricane lilies where you need fall color to replace exhausted summer flowers.

The Red Spider Lily has multi flowering, bright red flowers, on 18" stems. The strap-shaped green foliage disappears in July and the flower spike bursts forth in August. The bright red flowers of the hurricane lily make it one of the showiest plants in the October garden. You'll forget where they are until they emerge each fall!

The Pink Magic Lily has soft rose-lilac flowers on 24" stems. Strap-shaped green foliage disappears in July; flower spike bursts forth in August. For best results, bulbs should be mulched for winter protection in Zone 6 and above.

Published Jul 31 2009, 10:42 AM by bill-nhn

Filed under: landscape, mulch, helpful gardening tips, bulb, hurricane lily, filtered shade plant, Red Spider Lily, spider lily

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