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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of Lycoris are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Some lycoris produce fertile seed and some do not. Hybrid plants may not produce fertile seed or the seedlings may not resemble the parent.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Plant the neck of bulbs just below ground surface. Plant 3-5 bulbs per sq. ft. in well-drained soil. Bulbs do not like transplanting and can take a year to settle in, so it's good to select a permanent home for them.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Golden Spider Lily
  • Surprise Lily
  • Golden Hurricane Lily

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Date: 2013-10-11
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-10-08
Location: Prairieville, Louisiana
Date: 2012-09-20
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2011-09-20
Lycoris aurea

Date: 2013-10-11
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-10-08
Location: Youngsville, LA
Date: 2013-09-30
By tabbycat
Location: Prairieville, Louisiana
Date: 2012-09-20

Date: 2012-10-16
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2018-03-30
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-10-01
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-09-27
Location: Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Photo courtesy of: tmizo
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-11-06
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2018-03-23
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-10-20
These are starting to wake up.
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Mar 25, 2012 3:43 AM concerning plant:
    Lycoris aurea is the yellow species usually offered in commerce and is considered to be the largest Lycoris.

    The leaves are an inch wide and up to three feet long. It is fall and winter growing. The foliage is very sensitive to frost, and so it is extremely tender.

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Unfortunately died at some point in the last couple of years; noticed it didn't return in 2022.
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Australis On January 25, 2017 Obtained plant
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