OT-Plants: Spider Lilies
From: "Mark Cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
Walter,
> > Dennis, you would have a field day in the spring in South Louisiana.
The
> Western Spider Lily is everywhere....fields, bar ditches, swamps.
> It is like a wild flower there and blooms with the LA's.
There is some type of Hymenocallis that grows wild in this area,
however I also find alligators in that habitat. I don't want to get too
close to those darn things.
> I wonder how far north these can grow without having to be dug
> and stored over the winter. Amaryllis can also grow outdoors here
> and be left in the ground over winter. They bloom with the TB's.
Both Peruvian Daffodil and Amaryllis [Hippeastrum] can be grown
outdoors here. Both have bloomed nicely this spring.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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