General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Bulb

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Common names
  • Scarborough Lily
  • George Lily
  • Jersey Lily
  • Pink George Lily
  • Knysna Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cyrtanthus elatus
  • Synonym: Amaryllis elata
  • Synonym: Vallota speciosa

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Photo Courtesy of Cape seed and Bulb.
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Pink form. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs

Date: 2012-09-10
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jan 18, 2012 1:08 PM concerning plant:
    Scarborough Lily - named after a coastal town in England (Yorkshire) where bulbs were washed ashore from a shipwrecked Dutch ship bound for the Netherlands.
    The most commonly grown species.
    Plant with upper part of bulb above soil line. Good in containers.

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