Texas Gardening: A year of Rain lilies, 1 by dmj1218

dmj1218 wrote:
This is not the best of shots on this one, but I'm sure I can get a better one and some point in the future.

Habranthus martinezii
This species is native to Argentina and Uruguay and was first identified by Revenna in 1972. It has large, solitary white (sometimes pinkish) flowers with a really nice and hard to describe brownish-purplish-reddish throat and base. It begans blooming in mid-March (3/21). It is closely related to Habranthus tubispathus but the blooms are larger. This is a very robust grower and offsets easily. Recommended for zones 8-10 probably would do well in the old zone 7b too. This one is pretty tall and a definitely larger size bloom than the last.

I've got a Cooperia morrisclintii or Zephyranthes morrisclintii 'Redneck Romance Strain' that will bloom tomorrow. There are differences between the three species and I'll elaborate on that later as I add to this thread.

If you like rain lilies enjoy. These are the first two for this year. If not, you are probably not even reading to this point anyway! =)
Debbie