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Gitagal wrote:
Bev,

Your "Surprise Lily" is also called "Naked lady" and also "Resurrection Lily".
I think the latter name suits it well--as all the leaves grow in Spring and then die back to nothing--and then in August comes this "naked" stem from nowhere and presents us with these beautiful blooms.

I dug piles of these Lily bulbs up from the house next-door before the new owners moved in, as they gave pretty much cut everything down and dug everything else up. YUK!
I shared gallon pots-full of these "Naked Lady" bulbs at the last Plant Swap. I have 3 pots I kept--and they are also blooming.

Here's a picture of them from 2007. I think the new neighbors will have a lot of "surprises" next Spring. The mother digs by hand all day to clear off areas--but one has to dig down to almost 12" to get to the bulbs of lilies.....

Gita