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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Leaves: Other: Winter dormant
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Harvest berry when red (ripe) and drops at a touch. Remove seed(s) and clean. Relatively short seed viability period. Keep medium moist, not dry or soaking wet, while bulblet is produced. Leaves appear in a few months.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Prefers to be under-potted
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Blood Flower
  • Blood Lily

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2015-01-20
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2016-01-26
Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf. (Syn. S. m. subsp. multiflorus

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