Hesperantha Species, Cape Lily, Crimson Flag, Kaffir Lily, Scarlet River Lily

I like this plant because it adds color to the garden in times of the year when there is not too much other blooms - late summer, fall an...Read Mored sporadically at other times of the year. It does tend to spread so I have to constantly pull out plants so that they don't overrun the place.

Name change from Schizostylis (also spelled Schizostylus)
AKA Kaffir Lily, though name is in disfavor because of the derogatory us...Read Moree in South Africa towards native SA peoples.

Until about 2002 Schizostylus was a separate genus. It was recently combined with Hesperantha. The 1994 edition of the RHS Index of Garden Plants lists Schizostylis as a separate genus of Iridaceae (The Iris Family). It is in fact NOT a lily, Kaffir or otherwise.