naked ladies please

Im looking for some naked ladies. Be happy to pay postage or trade for something I have.
Theresa

Theresa I don't think The Bare Naked Ladies (a Canadian Rock Band) are available for trade. Sorry I couldn't resist ^_^ Your thread title made me think of the band LOL.

i have naked ladies but im not sure when they should dig them. spring i guess, they are also called magic lily,amaryllis hallii i only have the pink trumpet has a nice smell. let me know if this is what you are looking for.

yes, maybe in the spring we can work out a trade :)

these are nice big bulbs should bloom this year. let me know with dmail when , im thinking the folage needs to be gone. ill look and see if i can find anything on them. can,t stand this cold got down to 8 last night. ill be inside today ill have to do some paper cuttings or smothing might just visit on dg all day.

Thats pretty cold for your part of the country. We had our first snow, so pretty and white.

LOL! That's funny, I'm looking for at least one myself. Oh wait......

LOL Tommy, you dirty bird!

great info about naked ladies.
http://www.santabarbaragardens.com/articles/128_amaryllis_nls/arti_128.php.

Seems like late fall is best time for dividing/transplanting. Mine took more than 2 years to bloom. They finally decided to put on a show in 2009 and they were very pretty in their part-shade location. I also have some in full sun, and those did not bloom in 2009. Right now I have a nice, lusty patch of green strap leaves, totally unfazed by the cold.

Are you referring to Amaryllis belladonna or Lycoris species? Both genera are called "naked ladies." The lower the temperature in your area, the deeper A. belladonna bulbs must be planted. For example, if your lowest temperature is 10F, they should be planted 5-6" deep. In areas where the ground freezes deeper than that they might not survive.

Lycoris albiflora, L. radiata, and L. sanguinea, on the other hand, need to be grown frost-free. Even those Lycoris which can handle some frost cannot withstand SEVERE frost and should be protected where winter temps drop below 25F.

Fae, I was talking about a. belladonna. BTW, I also grow lycoris and I've yet to see blooms. but they're new, so I'll just wait. Since I get foliage, I presume all's well, just not ready to bloom.

I see that my question wasn't at all clear, vossner. I was trying to ask Theresa that question, and I should have done so specifically. Sorry!

faeden, Im interested in both....

I think your zone makes naked ladies iffy. I tried three times; the third time I planted them where the chimney meets the house, facing southwest. They were protected and warm and one lived. It validated their other name--surprise lilies! I only hope it survives this winter.
I know there are several kinds of naked ladies--I wish I remembered what kind I have!

Fae, I understood you were asking theresa, I just butted in, lol

LOL!! That's OK - I usually find it easy to confuse MYSELF, let alone others! HEHEHEHE

Theresa - It looks like neither the A. belladonna or the Lycoris are going to do very well for you in the ground. A. belladonna has a major root system, so if the bulbs are in a pot it needs to be a big one. I don't know about Lycoris's roots.

I grow mine in pots and bring them in for the winter. It works pretty good here in Michigan. Other potted bulbs I have and do good are peruvian daffodil, voodoo lilies, mexican shellflower, oxalis, calla.

If you grow all of those, you know what you're doing. I think I've killed Tigridia pavonia (Mexican shellflower) at least 3 times.

Yes please share you secrets for the tigridia pavonia. I think I have faeden beat and have killed them every year for the last 5. I saw them at Home depot the other day and had to force myself away from them.

Its kind of a shooting match with them for me. Some years they grow awesome and some they either dont come up or die or dont flower. Dont flower is what happened this past year.

Are Naked Ladies and Agrapantus the same flowers? I'm assumming they are bulbs?

they are not the same. Naked ladies are http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2377/ or
Lycoris squamigera, which are the ones I am looking for.

Go to the Plant Scout and type in -- Lycoris Squamigera-- and you'll find 9 places where you can get them