It will bloom in late summer and be around 60-70 cm tall. The leaves remain green all winter long and at the first hint of warm weather the following spring, they will die. The Lycoris radiata is a perennial plant.
Flowers. The flowers of the red spider lily bloom for just a few weeks during September or October. One of their common names, 'hurricane lily,' comes from the fact that these plants flower during hurricane season.
Clusters of foliage borne on spider lily plants throughout the winter die back and disappear in spring. Depending on the variety, spider lilies bloom from spring to summer or in late summer and early fall, bursting open atop bare, leafless stems, lending the showy blossoms to be dubbed “naked ladies.”
The striking, seemingly magical blooms in red, orange, yellow or white add color to the landscape in a late summer or early fall garden, when most other flowers have stopped blooming. The blooms last for about two weeks.
Abstract. Hymenocallis coronaria, also known as the rocky shoals spider lily , is a rare species that is restricted to Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
A red spider lily flower appears spider-like with its long, upward curved flowers. Red Spider Lilies quickly multiply developing into nice clumps that sprout stately flower stems during September and October.
Spider lilies (Hymenocallis) often fail to bloom when they are in too much shade, the soil is too dry or the plants have received too much or not enough fertilizer. Correcting one of these limiting factors may have produced blooms.
Don't touch: Red spider lily bulbs are poisonous if eaten, and touching the stems or petals can cause a rash. Don't let it put you off bringing kids, though—it's a great chance to teach children not to touch.
In a planting site to their liking, deer-resistant red spider lilies will naturalize and spread. To keep them from becoming overcrowded, which could lead to diminished bloom production, divide them every few years. This is best done in the early summer when the plants are dormant.
When the flowers stalks of this traditional Southern bulb have faded, trim the stems to the ground. Watch for the narrow, dark green, silver striped foliage to appear, and be sure not to cut it back during its growing season.
After its bloom, the red spider lily develops new leaves, which in warmer regions will be evergreen and persist throughout the winter until they die back in the spring. The plant will then go dormant until new growth begins in summer.
"Spider lilies require regular watering when they are growing and flowering to ensure the soil stays moist," Myers says. When they're dormant, Schoenberg says you only need to water them enough to prevent the soil from drying out.
Spider lily flowers bloom in the late summer and early fall from long, thin stems with no surrounding foliage. These flowers also go by the names surprise lilies, hurricane lilies, or magic lilies, due to the sudden nature of their bloom time.
Many gardeners don't realize there are almost a dozen types of true lilies with a surprising variety of flower styles, stem heights, colors and bloom times. By planting several different types of lilies you can enjoy having these beautiful flowers in bloom from June to September.
The spider lily (Hymenocallis) is native to South America. However, there is another species commonly referred to as spider lily (Crinum pedunculatum) that is native to Australia.
Pruning and caring for spider lily
Remove wilted flowers regularly (deadheading). This helps new flowers appear. Wait for the foliage to have turned yellow completely before cutting it off, because the plant needs this step to fully replenish its nutrients for the next blooming season.
Coral red spider-like umbel blooms give way to gray-green foliage. Unique, textured blooms are deer resistant and sweetly fragrant.
To ensure the graves were left alone, people planted the poisonous red spider lilies over buried bodies to deter animals. Graves and death were soon associated with the red spider lily, earning it the name of 'death flower' and the even darker, 'corpse flower'.
If your pet consumes any portion of a spider lily plant, you should contact your veterinarian right away for further instructions. Symptoms like muscle spasms and diarrhea can occur; a visit to the clinic is imperative with ingestion of the spider lily.
Slugs and snails eat its foliage and emerging flowers.
Water lightly until top growth emerges, then moderately during the growing season. Withhold water in summer and let the soil go dry when the foliage begins to wither. Remove the foliage when it yellows and withers. Bulbs should be lifted and separated for replanting about every 7 years.
If your spider plant is not sending out flowers and plantlets, it could be due to too much sunlight or not enough sunlight. Spider plants prefer bright, but indirect light. Spider plants also need lighting that changes with the seasons, such as more light in summer and less light in winter.
Grows up to 12-24 in. tall (30-60 cm) and 12-18 in. wide (30-45 cm). Plants will naturalize by bulb-offsets to quickly form small colonies.
Spider-lilies are pollinated by moths, mainly the hawk moth and sphinx moth. Have two ways to reproduce: 1) produce bulbs that split from existing bulbs and get lodged in rock crevices on the bottom 2) develop seeds when the flower matures.