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Spider Lily

Lycoris sanguinea

Also called Orange Flowered Surprise Lily

Lycoris sanguinea is a bulbous plant from Korea and Japan that flowers in late summer on leafless stems, with the leaves appearing later. Plant the bulbs in well-drained soil in a sunny to part-shade spot and leave them undisturbed.

Family: Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as: Bulb
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Water during the growing season and keep the soil from drying out completely, but avoid waterlogging, especially when dormant.
Soil: Well-drained garden soil, rich in organic matter.
Temperature: Hardy in USDA zones 6 to 10; protect the bulbs from hard frost in colder areas.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: All parts, especially the bulbs, contain alkaloids such as lycorine that can cause nausea, vomiting and skin irritation if eaten or handled.
Native range: Korea, C. & S. Japan
Climate: temperate

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Lycoris sanguinea, the orange spider lily or orange surprise lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Korea and to central and southern Japan. An erect bulbous geophyte, it is hardy in USDA zones 6 to 10, and is recommended as a bedding or border plant.

Other Lycoris plants

Red spider lily · Resurrection lily · Spider Lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycoris sanguinea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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