Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Grass
Origin
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Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Types
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Robusta blue, Robusta green, Curvula
Number of Varieties
1020
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40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
Cultivated Beds
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99997-13
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
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12 - 10
Sunset Zone
21,22
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm90.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.00 cm90.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
Gray, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Gray Green, Silver
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Dark Green, Bronze
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Yellow, Dark Green, Bronze
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long linear and narrow
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
-
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
From bulbs
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs very little water
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut back old stems to the ground
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Requires high amount of nitrogen
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
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Plant Tolerance
Full Sun
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
-
Allergy
-
conjunctivitis, Pollen
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Borders, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Erosion control
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs
Leaves, Seeds
Other Uses
bulb used as starch
Used as a grain, Used to make baskets, brooms, hats
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Bedding Plant, Container, Edging, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Botanical Name
LYCORIS
ERAGROSTIS curvula
Common Name
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
Weeping Lovegrass
In Hindi
surprise lily
Weeping Lovegrass
In German
Überraschung Lilie
Weinend lovegrass
In French
Lycoris squamigera
Weeping lovegrass
In Spanish
Lycoris squamigera
Pasto llorón
In Greek
surprise lily
κλάμα Lovegrass
In Portuguese
surpresa lírio
chorando lovegrass
In Polish
niespodzianka lilia
Płacząca Lovegrass
In Latin
surprise lily
Plorans Lovegrass
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
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Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Cyperales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Lycoris
Eragrostis
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
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Eragrostideae
Subfamily
Amaryllidoideae
Chloridoideae
Number of Species
1010
1
27800
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