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: This is an incredible, small bulb, that can grow to about 1 1/2 in diameter when mature, that surprises you at the end of August and early September with 4 diameter, dark-red spidery blooms on a 15 stem. The bulbs typically offset every 2-3 years by a process called vertical fission forming 3 bulbs (splitting vertically with one on each size of the mother bulb) and eventually form an attractive clump that will add interest to your flower beds. We grow them as a border, because they send up their foliage after they bloom and it stays green all winter, looking almost like border grass and dies back about April. BACKGROUND: This bulb originates in the orient, and there are numerous species and hybrids available in white, yellow, orange, salmon and other shades. There are two primary flower shapes, this one and one that is more of a trumpet shape. This variety is the most hardy. Another name for this is spider lily , naked lily or hurricane lily , because it blooms in the late summer before any foliage emerges. GROWING CONDITIONS: These are winter growing bulbs, should be hardy to zone 7, and will grow in a wide variety of soils. They will do fine in sun or partial shade. Plants do best if planted in the ground, but they will make excellent container plants. They are evergreen in the winter and lose their leaves in April which come back in September. Here in the colder part of zone 9 (temps. into the low 20's, they keep their foliage all winter). They seem to be very vigorous and are tolerant of more dry conditions too, unlike many other plants. Bulbs should not be planted very deep, just below the surface or deep enough where the soil does not freeze. If planted too deep, they will form another bulb on the top, one over the other. We recommend digging the bulbs every 3 or 4 years in the spring, dividing them and replanting them, as they have a tendency to pull themselves too deep. When this happens, it will form

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