Find Surprise Lily Lycoris squamigera in the St Louis Missouri area at Sugar Creek Gardens. A plant that never fails to delight, Surprise Lily, Lycoris squamigera, entertains us all in late summer when its huge pink trumpet shaped flowers seem to magically appear. The rose-pink flowers are tinged with lilac and wonderfully fragrant. In spring its 12″ long thick strap-like foliage makes an attractive mound. Its leaves disappear in summer. It easily grows in sun to part shade, needing little care.
Lycoris squamigera – Surprise Lily
A plant that never fails to delight, Surprise Lily, Lycoris squamigera, entertains us all in late summer when its huge pink trumpet-shaped flowers seem to magically appear. The rose-pink flowers are tinged with lilac and wonderfully fragrant. In spring its 12″ long thick strap-like foliage makes an attractive mound. Its leaves disappear in summer. It easily grows in sun to part shade, needing little care.
Plant Surprise Lily in ground cover or between Hosta, Hibiscus, and other perennials or shrubs. Their foliage will cover the bare spot left by the Lycoris. Also works great in open woodland gardens, meadows, or wild areas.
Other descriptive names for Lycoris s. include Magic Lily, Naked Ladies, and Resurrection Flower because its leaves disappear in summer with the flower spikes seemingly rising from the dead in late summer.
Plant new bulbs 6″ deep, 6″ apart. Bulbs may be divided in late summer through early fall. Let foliage die down naturally, the foliage is creating food for the bulb for next year’s blossoms.
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