Lycoris radiata , commonly called red spider lily , is a late summertime - blossom bulb of the amaryllis crime syndicate . shoulder strap - similar grayish - green leaves appear in gloam only after bloom is finished . Leaves overwinter and remain in the landscape before finally vanish in late bound . Naked flower shaft emerge from the ground in late summer to other fall , each bearing an umbel of 4 - 6 showy precious coral - crimson blossom . Each heyday ( to 2 " long ) has significantly reflexed tepals and exceptionally long stamen resembling spider peg , hence the common name . Scapes typically uprise to 1 - 2 ' marvelous . farewell reappear in fall after the flowers bloom .
by Dr. Raiz Ahmed Lone , working as Assistant Professor ( Floriculture and Landscaping )
Bulbs may be grown in organically rich , medium moisture , well - drained soils in full sun to part refinement . The good flowering is in part shade . Plant bulbs 9 " apart in declivity with the top 1/4 " of the cervix of each bulb exposed . Plants apprize even moisture during their growing season , but may be best sit in area where soils rest relatively dry during the inactive summertime time of year . Plants will naturalize by electric-light bulb - offset printing and take form minuscule colonies over meter . Plants are best left undisturbed in the land .
Planting : The single most authoritative matter about landscape with red spider lily is the sun . They require at least 1/2 day of wintertime Sunday . That mean about 6 - 8 hours of sunlight during the winter months . The red wanderer lily place on its leafage during the winter ( January - May ) and that is when it need in the food it want to grow those shiny ruby flower the watch September . The wintertime leaf soaks up sunshine energy during wintertime as it organise for summer dormancy . The foliation normally all dies down by around May .
Plant : Bulbs should not be planted too thick , ask about 2 - 3 " of land above the bulb . We can plant 2 - 3 per hole to make the blooming look more natural . cerise wanderer lily really do well in any type of soil . Red wanderer lilies expand in soil that has plenty of organic material mixed in but they do not require plant food . freshly planted bulbs would actually be harmed by photograph to fertilizer , so if you are going to use nutrients , limit the coating to make plants when the plants are make their fleeceable leafy foliage during the wintertime . After planting the bulbs , water the soil good . dampish soil is fine , as long as the bulbs are in a daub where they will have plenty of winter sun and the leafage is permit to die down naturally in the give . stick out water is not good . Once the summertime season starts , the red wanderer lily will do well in soil that dries out a bit , as this facilitates its entry into the dormant stage when its leaves drop dead back . This period is follow by its blossom season , when it will pay back day-by-day watering with long - endure blooms . Too much moisture in the soil will moderate to the bulbs rotting .
Multiplying and dividing : The red spider lily multiplies with newfangled incandescent lamp offset quite promptly . The absolute best time to divide the wanderer lilies is at the beginning of April , when the leafage has absorbed winter and early spring nutrients from the Dominicus and the foliage croak back ( release a yellow-bellied - brownness ) . No matter what time you transplant red wanderer lily , whether it ’s the springtime or fall , they often skip a class of flower after being disrupted .
Landscapeuse : Best planted in people for border plantings , a line along a walkway , embellish fence , and around an ornamental Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
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