Zephyranthes, Fairy Lily, Rain Lily, Rainlily, Zephyr Lily 'Jacala Crimson'

Wild varieties, mostly pale pink, dance in the dry meadows after a rare spring rain in central Florida. My garden variety tends to bloom...Read More only after I let the soil dry completely and then provide a complete soaking of the soil. Easy to divide the small bulbs whether in the garden or from a meadow. Needs full sun. May bloom several times from April to September, again, usually after a period of drought.

Identified by Spencer 1986 and native to Mexico; forms are known in pink, rose, red, and yellow and thought to be natural hybrids of Zeph...Read Moreyranthes katherinei var. lutea (yellow) and Zephyranthes katherinei var. rubra (rose).