Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
Type
Broadleaf Evergreen
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Africa, Southern Africa
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Types
Drakensberg sugarbush, Clanwilliam sugarbush, The Wagon tree
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Number of Varieties
160010
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40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-11-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-8
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Sunset Zone
H1, 22, 23, 24
21,22
Habit
-
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
91.44 cm30.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
91.44 cm10.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
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White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
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Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
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Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
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Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
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Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
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Medium
Type of Soil
Clay
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The pH of Soil
Acidic
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Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
All year
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires a lot of watering
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
Loam, Sand
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Pinch Tips, Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
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
Red blotch
Pests and diseases free
Plant Tolerance
-
Full Sun
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Medium
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Flying insects, Insects
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cough, Diarrhea, Stomach Ulcers
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Bulbs
Other Uses
Used for its medicinal properties
bulb used as starch
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
PROTEA
LYCORIS
Common Name
Protea, Waboom, Wagon Tree
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
In Hindi
Protea plant
surprise lily
In German
Protea Pflanze
Überraschung Lilie
In French
usine de Protea
Lycoris squamigera
In Spanish
planta de protea
Lycoris squamigera
In Greek
φυτό Protea
surprise lily
In Portuguese
planta Protea
surpresa lírio
In Polish
Protea roślin
niespodzianka lilia
In Latin
Protea herba
surprise lily
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Vascular plant
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Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Proteales
Asparagales
Family
Proteaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Protea
Lycoris
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Tribe
Proteae
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Subfamily
Proteoideae
Amaryllidoideae
Number of Species
160010
1
27800
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