Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Shrubs
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Asia, North America, Southern Europe
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Types
Aristocrat, Buckeye Belle, Henry Bockstoce , Abalone Pearl, Coral Supreme, Cytherea, Charlie's White
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Number of Varieties
3010
0
40000
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Habitat
Hillside, Woods
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-9-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8-1
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Sunset Zone
A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22
21,22
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
76.20 cm30.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
61.00 cm10.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Pink, Red, White
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
Flower Color Modifier
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Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Dark Green
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green, Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Bronze, Dark Green, Green
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
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Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Compound
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Part sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Type of Soil
Loamy
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The pH of Soil
Neutral
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, It cannot sustain wet-feet, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Needs watering once a week, Prefer drip-irrigation instead of Over-head watering, Water occasionally
Needs very little water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
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Soil Type
Loamy
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Part sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Do not prune during shooting season, Prune to control growth, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove deadheads
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Botrytis Blight, Leaf spot, Stem spot, Viruses
Pests and diseases free
Plant Tolerance
-
Full Sun
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Semi-Double
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Coarse
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Ants
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
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-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cough, Gout, Headache, Heartburn, Kidney problems, Upset stomach, Urinary tract problems
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Root, Seeds
Bulbs
Other Uses
Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for fragrance
bulb used as starch
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Feature Plant, Foundation, Mixed Border
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
Paeonia suffruticosa
LYCORIS
Common Name
Peony
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
In Hindi
Peony
surprise lily
In German
Pfingstrose
Überraschung Lilie
In French
Pivoine
Lycoris squamigera
In Spanish
Peonía
Lycoris squamigera
In Greek
παιωνία
surprise lily
In Portuguese
Peônia
surpresa lírio
In Polish
Piwonia
niespodzianka lilia
In Latin
AGLAOPHOTIS
surprise lily
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
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Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
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Asparagales
Family
Paeoniaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Paeonia
Lycoris
Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
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Amaryllidoideae
Number of Species
3010
1
27800
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