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Zephyranthes martinezii

Zephyranthes martinezii
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Zephyranthes martinezii is a bulbous rain lily from northern Argentina, also sold as Habranthus martinezii, and it has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit. It is grown for its flowers and does best with full sun and a free-draining soil.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water freely while in active growth and leaf, then keep dry during the summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile soil or a gritty loam-based mix.
Temperature
Frost-hardy in mild climates; protect bulbs from hard frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Zephyranthes martinezii (syn. Habranthus martinezii), is a species of flowering plant in the rain lily genus Zephyranthes, family Amaryllidaceae, native to northern Argentina. As its synonym Habranthus martinezii it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Zephyranthes plants

Rainlily · Zephyranthes robusta · Zephyranthes subg. Habranthus · Atamasco Lily · Autumn zephyrlily · Pink Rain Lily · Citron zephyrlily · Island Zephyr Lily · Flower Of The West Wind · Cuban zephyrlily · Zephyranthes tubispatha · Zephyrlily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zephyranthes martinezii 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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