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identification question - Red Spider Lily

 
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what is this red flower?  it blooms in the fall...anyone know anything about this little daisy...thinking about planting it with some monkey grass...leaves look similiar... coming up to the cabin...but have NO idea what it is or anything about it...
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Red Spider Lily
Red Spider Lily
 
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Red Spider Lily Bulbs

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Breck-s-Red-Spider-Lily-Bulbs-3-Pack-04694/305148488

 
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When I posted this earlier, I didn't see the picture is from High Country Gardens.  Here is what they say:

Nerine Lilies, also known as Guernsey Lilies, are easy to grow. These exotic looking, red-blooming flowers, sometimes known as Red Spider Lilies, are held aloft on tall stems with minimal foliage support. Plant in well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Plant as soon as possible, as this plant requires a long growing season before flowers emerge in late summer to early fall. Hardy in zones 8-10; plant as an annual in colder zones. May be started indoors in early spring and transplanted outdoors once threat of frost has passed. A South African native bulb, Red Nerine Lilies bloom in late summer with large clusters of red, lily-like flowers. Plant in full sun and water regularly, but dont over water. In zones 3-7, lift bulbs before frost and store in a cool dry place for planting the following spring.

 

https://www.highcountrygardens.com/flower-bulbs/unique-spring-planted-bulbs/red-nerine-lily-bulb
 
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Thank you for sharing the Red Spider Lily.  They are so pretty that I want to buy some for my garden.

This person on ebay has both Arkansas Surprise Lillies; the Red Spider Lily and the Pink Naked Lady Lily; and they are from Arkansas.

Red Spider Surprise Lilly bulbs(Lycoris Radiata) recovered from long abandoned properties in the Arkansas Delta



EBAY Link for Red Spider Lily

 Pink Naked Lady (Lycoris Squamigera) bulbs recovered from long abandoned properties in the Arkansas Delta



EBAY Link for Pink Naked Lady Lily
 
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Anne Miller wrote:Thank you for sharing the Red Spider Lily.  They are so pretty that I want to buy some for my garden.

This person on ebay has both Arkansas Surprise Lillies; the Red Spider Lily and the Pink Naked Lady Lily; and they are from Arkansas.

Red Spider Surprise Lilly bulbs(Lycoris Radiata) recovered from long abandoned properties in the Arkansas Delta



EBAY Link for Red Spider Lily

 Pink Naked Lady (Lycoris Squamigera) bulbs recovered from long abandoned properties in the Arkansas Delta



EBAY Link for Pink Naked Lady Lily




YEEHAW :)  THANK YOU SO MUCH ANN... i have some growing here already...they are pretty easy to find around here...and now i have a name...so, ill just put the word out that i want some...and every little beautiful lady on the mountain will bring me a basketfull...soooooo pretty!  thanks for all of the info!!! gonna check out the ebay link as well...i have a very hard time doing things...small scale...i start out with that intention...well and i get a little excited...never hurts to know where i can land some more if the need arose...hmmmm....look at all of those pretty colors...didn't know there were so many different colors that they came in...well now....:) i appreciate you...
 
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Anne Miller wrote:When I posted this earlier, I didn't see the picture is from High Country Gardens.  Here is what they say:

Nerine Lilies, also known as Guernsey Lilies, are easy to grow. These exotic looking, red-blooming flowers, sometimes known as Red Spider Lilies, are held aloft on tall stems with minimal foliage support. Plant in well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Plant as soon as possible, as this plant requires a long growing season before flowers emerge in late summer to early fall. Hardy in zones 8-10; plant as an annual in colder zones. May be started indoors in early spring and transplanted outdoors once threat of frost has passed. A South African native bulb, Red Nerine Lilies bloom in late summer with large clusters of red, lily-like flowers. Plant in full sun and water regularly, but dont over water. In zones 3-7, lift bulbs before frost and store in a cool dry place for planting the following spring.

 

https://www.highcountrygardens.com/flower-bulbs/unique-spring-planted-bulbs/red-nerine-lily-bulb



you dont have to store them either...well at least in arkansas...they do just fine...propagating and thriving under any hardwood...from personal experience in southwest arkansas and river valley...
 
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I’m in zone 6 and have had red spider lilies in my garden for more than 25 years, never dig them up, they seem to thrive under my Oak trees among hostas and other shade to semi shade plants. They’re among the last blooms of the fall for me and a welcome brilliant splash of color as everything else contemplates hibernation. They’re on the south side of my house so perhaps protected enough to survive our sometimes brutal winters.
 
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