Surprise Lily

Melampodium

About Surprise Lily and Melampodium

Surprise Lily

Melampodium

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What is

Life Span

Type

Origin

Types

Number of Varieties

Habitat

USDA Hardiness Zone

AHS Heat Zone

Sunset Zone

Habit

Information

Minimum Height

Minimum Width

Flower Color

Flower Color Modifier

Fruit Color

Leaf Color in Spring

Leaf Color in Summer

Leaf Color in Fall

Leaf Color in Winter

Leaf Shape

Thorns

Season

Plant Season

Sunlight

Growth Rate

Type of Soil

The pH of Soil

Soil Drainage

Bloom Time

Repeat Bloomer

Tolerances

Care

Where to Plant?

How to Plant?

Plant Maintenance

Watering Requirements

In Summer

In Spring

In Winter

Soil pH

Soil Type

Soil Drainage Capacity

Sun Exposure

Pruning

Fertilizers

Pests and Diseases

Plant Tolerance

Facts

Flowers

Flower Petal Number

Showy Fruit

Edible Fruit

Fragrant Flower

Fragrant Fruit

Fragrant Leaf

Fragrant Bark/Stem

Showy Foliage

Showy Bark

Foliage Texture

Foliage Sheen

Evergreen

Invasive

Self-Sowing

Attracts

Allergy

Benefits

Aesthetic Uses

Beauty Benefits

Edible Uses

Environmental Uses

Medicinal Uses

Part of Plant Used

Other Uses

Used As Indoor Plant

Used As Outdoor Plant

Garden Design

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

Common Name

In Hindi

In German

In French

In Spanish

In Greek

In Portuguese

In Polish

In Latin

Classification

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Clade

Tribe

Subfamily

Number of Species

Perennial

Bulb or Corm or Tuber

Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge

-9999

21,22

Clump-Forming

30.00 cm

10.00 cm

White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory

Bicolor

Green, Gray Green, Dark Green

Light Green

Several shades of Green

Light Green

Long linear and narrow

✔✘

Spring, Summer, Fall

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Medium

Well drained

Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall

✔✘

Drought

Ground

From bulbs

Medium

Needs very little water

Lots of watering

Moderate

Average Water

Well drained

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and diseases free

Full Sun

Showy

Single

✔✘

Medium

Matte

✔✘

Bees, Butterflies, pollinators

Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes

✔✘

Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects

Bulbs

bulb used as starch

✔✘

Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border

LYCORIS

Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily

surprise lily

Überraschung Lilie

Lycoris squamigera

surprise lily

surpresa lírio

niespodzianka lilia

surprise lily

Plantae

Liliopsida

Asparagales

Amaryllidaceae

Lycoris

Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous

Amaryllidoideae

Annual

Perennial

Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America

Perennials

Desert

2-11

12 - 6

H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Clump-Forming

30.50 cm

20.30 cm

Yellow, Gold

Bicolor

Sandy Brown

Green

Green, Dark Green

Light Green

Lobed

✔✘

Spring, Summer, Fall

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Fast

Loam, Sand

Neutral

Well drained

Indeterminate

✔✘

Drought

Ground

Seedlings

Medium

Average Water Needs

Lots of watering

Moderate

Average Water

Alkaline

Well drained

Full Sun

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Red blotch

Drought

Showy

Single

✔✘

Medium

Matte

✔✘

Sometimes

✔✘

Butterflies

Showy Purposes

✔✘

Air purification

Flowers, Seeds

Used as Ornamental plant

✔✘

Bedding Plant, Container

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum

Butter Daisy, Melampodium

Melampodium

Melmpodiam

Plantae

Magnoliophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Melampodium

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Millerieae

Asteroideae

Properties of Surprise Lily and Melampodium

Wondering what are the properties of Surprise Lily and Melampodium? We provide you with everything About Surprise Lily and Melampodium. Surprise Lily doesn't have thorns and Melampodium doesn't have thorns. Also Surprise Lily does not have fragrant flowers. Surprise Lily has allergic reactions like and Melampodium has allergic reactions like . Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Surprise Lily and Melampodium and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Surprise Lily and Melampodium

Season and care of Surprise Lily and Melampodium is important to know. While considering everything about Surprise Lily and Melampodium, growing season is an essential factor. Surprise Lily season is and Melampodium season is . The type of soil for Surprise Lily is and for Melampodium is while the PH of soil for Surprise Lily is and for Melampodium is .

Surprise Lily and Melampodium Physical Information

Surprise Lily and Melampodium physical information is very important for comparison. Surprise Lily height is and width whereas Melampodium height is and width . The color specification of Surprise Lily and Melampodium are as follows:

Surprise Lily flower color:
Surprise Lily leaf color:
Melampodium flower color:
Melampodium leaf color:

Care of Surprise Lily and Melampodium

Care of Surprise Lily and Melampodium include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Surprise Lily pruning is done and Melampodium pruning is done . In summer Surprise Lily needs and in winter, it needs . Whereas, in summer Melampodium needs and in winter, it needs .