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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: Scrambles or climbs, 6 to 8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Chocolate-purple center with yellow margins
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant contain dangerous, toxic alkaloids. Contact with stems and leaves may cause skin irritation in some individuals.
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60ºF to 70ºF
Depth to plant seed: Shallowly sow, lightly covering with potting medium
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Gloriosa Lily
  • Flame Lily

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Date: June 8 2020
I wait all year for these to bloom
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Date: 2014-08-07
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Date: 2015-08-29
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Date: 2018-01-11
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Date: 2015-04-12
To try again...
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29
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Date: 2015-08-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-16
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Apr 13, 2014 9:34 AM concerning plant:
    This designation refers to the chocolate purple and lemon yellow upsidedown lily isolated and developed by professional Gloriosa Lily growers in India. Kind of exotic and 'rare' according to purveyors. Culture mimics the other Gloriosas.

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