What is this and what should I do with it?
The plant has not flowered at all over the summer and showed up sometime after June. Currently, they are sitting in a full shade location. It would be nice to move them because I have plenty of full shade areas they would work well in.
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Therese Ryan-Haas on Oct 21, 2013Not sure looks like some kind of Allium. There are so many species. Some are hard to ID with out a flower. Maybe if you replanted in a area that has more sun it will bloom for you. Lack of blooms could also be caused by over crowding.Helpful Reply
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Alice Harley-Wosnig on Oct 21, 2013It looks like some type of lily to me. I'm not sureHelpful Reply
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Sherrie S on Oct 21, 2013My spider lily looks like your plant. It propogates itself very fast. The flowers are pretty but only last one day. The leaves look very much like an amaryllis but the flowers are not like the amaryllis.Helpful Reply
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Tammy Slavin on Oct 21, 2013Looks like a lily to me ......some of mine don't bloom either. Perhaps needs more sun.Helpful Reply
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Karen Hart on Oct 21, 2013Pretty sure that is a tiger lily, They spread quite quickly and do need a fair amount of sunshine to blossom. You can try and dig it up roots and all and move them to a better location. Maybe a spot in the sun where you would like it to fill in some. :)Helpful Reply
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Bethar on Oct 21, 2013I have ginger that looks like that.Helpful Reply
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Patti Nicholas on Oct 21, 2013My first thought was Lilly of the Nile which sometimes takes a while to "like" it's home before it blooms. But I also have crazy spider lilies that just pop up everywhere like that, some bloom, some don't.Helpful Reply
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Fran Barrett on Oct 21, 2013It looks like a daylily.Helpful Reply
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Glenda Thompson on Oct 21, 2013It is a type of lily I think it is called criumim ( spelling may be wrong ) will come back every year when it flowers a tall stalk will have several large pink or pink and white lily shaped flowers. It will do better in the sun,just plant water well and they will produce lots of bulbs and beautiful flowers.Helpful Reply
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Mary on Oct 21, 2013It also looks similar to an amaryllis which of course everyone associates with Christmas. However, if you plant it where it will get good sun and drainage, it will continue to bloom come early summer for years.Helpful Reply
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JP S on Oct 21, 2013Milk and wine lily.Helpful Reply
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Heather on Oct 21, 2013Thanks everyone! It was so strange how they popped up so quickly and in the middle of my bushes. I'll plan to replant over in our sunny flower bed to see how they doHelpful Reply
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Liz Holland on Oct 21, 2013Looks like a variety of crinium lily to me. But I'm no expert! :)Helpful Reply
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Jane Burkhart on Oct 22, 2013It looks just like my perenial day lily plant. They come back every year. Actually very pretty when in bloom. Hope this helps.Helpful Reply
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Suzanne on Oct 22, 2013Crinum for sure...tough, drought resistant, can freeze to ground and come back strong in spring. A real keeper!Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 22, 2013It's a crinum lily. Some are called "milk and wine lily" if they are the one with flowers that are mostly white with a maroon stripe. Milk and wine lilies don't bloom very often. Crinum's that bloom more frequently have all white or all pale pink flowers. Has your's ever bloomed? What color was the flower?Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 22, 2013Heather, if you choose to move this lily, be aware that the bulb is usually very large and very deep. Sometimes 12" deep. Don't damage the bulb when digging. Dig at least a foot away from the plant to make sure. After digging, replant at the same level. Moving a crinum lily will usually delay future blooming by a few years.Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 22, 2013This is a good time of year to move bulbs. Crinum's prefer part shade /part sun, not full dense shade. Describing levels of shade however can be very tough to do with words.Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 22, 2013Crinums also tend to like rain and moist conditions so I think that explains why it suddenly "showed up". We had a very rainy summer. Had lots of crinums back home in New Orleans, LA where it rains nearly every day and the soil is always moist due to poor drainage.Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 22, 2013... but poor drainage in that alluvial soil is different than poor drainage in Georgia red clay which could rot the bulb.Helpful Reply
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Jean McKay on Oct 22, 2013I believe my neighbor a gardener stated that mine that look just like this are indeed a lily day liliy and i moved my as they popped up everywhere but I have many struggling for room around a areally boggy area that I leave all in different greens. It took mine almost 2 ytears to bloom once I moved them but now they all coming do not last long but pretty as they pop up a different times. Mine are yellow and white two kindsHelpful Reply
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Jan on Oct 23, 2013I have the birds and the squirrels and cute little chip monks to thank for adding to my flowers beds.Helpful Reply
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Jo Dee Bradley on Oct 23, 2013That sure does look like a lilly to me. I think they are called an Amarilla lilly. Expensive Flower at a Nursery. .Helpful Reply
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Jacinth Barnett on Oct 23, 2013It is indeed a lilly. I'm not sure what type it is, but it is a Lilly.Helpful Reply
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Barbara on Oct 23, 2013It kind of looks to me like a pregnant onion plant. Does it have an above ground bulb? Are there little baby bulbs attached to the sides?Helpful Reply
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Heather on Oct 24, 2013UPDATE: Last night I decided to move two of the clusters to a place in our backyard where they will get more sun and help free up the two bushes they took over. I made sure to dig really deep to pull these bulbs out and you were all right, they were TOUGH to unplant! Each cluster had about 7-8 bulbs. During the process I may have accidentally hit two. Do you think these can still be saved? (picture attached). The rest are replanted and will hopefully thrive in their new location. I still need to find a location for the third cluster, but that should not be too hardHelpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 24, 2013No. Sorry. If you plant these they will just rot and cause disease for others. Glad the others survived!Helpful Reply
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Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 24, 2013This all brings back such memories! My grandmother's most cherished plant was her milk-and-wine-lily. It was even published in the local newspaper when it bloomed. My mom "Lily" inherited it. When in college, I decided to landscape the front yard and move it. Thus my first lesson in what you've just experienced. Mom was very upset!!! That was nearly 40 years ago. Have had lots of experience with lilies since over this long career.Helpful Reply
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Jacinth Barnett on Oct 24, 2013These lillies are quite resilient, so you can only know if you plant themHelpful Reply
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Marilyn on Oct 31, 2013It looks like my day lilies. Mine do well in either sun or part shade.Helpful Reply
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Louise Perkins on Oct 31, 2013They look like it's an Amarilla lily or a relative, but not a day lily because day lily's only have leaves on two sides of the stem at least all the ones I have seen and they have tubes not bulbs..Helpful Reply
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Kat Davis-Moran on Nov 03, 2013looks like a type of swamp lily, i have white n pink in my yard they smell awesomeHelpful Reply
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Dogmomma on Nov 04, 2013Hi, I agree with the pregnant onion comment. I have mine in an old pot (about a foot across) with a bail on it and hung it where it could get morning sun and shade in the heat of the day. It is about 4 feet off the ground and the long green leaves are almost touching the ground now. It has flowers like an onion sometimes, and constantly with "babies" all over the place.Helpful Reply
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Patricia Freeman on Mar 06, 2014I had one just like this that I thought was some kind of decorative grass BUT I soon found the most beautiful purple lily on it. I had mowed it down several times before discovering that it was an iris.Helpful Reply
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Lisa Damoff on Mar 06, 2014My bet is on amaryllis or lily. Leaning more toward amaryllis.Helpful Reply
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Mary on Mar 07, 2014I agree that it looks very much like an amaryllis. Some lilies are hard to tell for sure without a bloom. In the Atlanta area, amaryllis love being on the west side (at least mine and many others I have seen do), receiving afternoon sun. Sometimes it takes a year or so to get it to bloom after transplanting. Move it to the west side, keep it lightly watered and see what happens.Helpful Reply
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Faye Habing on Mar 07, 2014Did you know that lilies walk?Lilies will move until they find a spot they like.I have found lilies growing in the wierdest spots and I know they were not planted there before.Its kind of unique behaviour.Helpful Reply
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Heather on Mar 07, 2014That is so strange. I am curious to see if the one I left in its original place will come back this springHelpful Reply
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Diane on Mar 08, 2014It is a Amaryllis, I have 3 of those planted in corners, very resilient comes back 2/3 x a year with large beautiful flowers.Helpful Reply
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Susan Davis on Mar 09, 2014it looks like a lilly , I had one that cropped up in between my iris's. the stalk gets tall so I had to stake it from toppling over , beautiful pink striped flower, and nice fragrance .Helpful Reply
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Rama Tyagi on Mar 09, 2014No it is not Amaryllis, it has white flowers and that too with fragrance .In fact I love itHelpful Reply
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Claudia on Mar 09, 2014Definitively, it is a lilly. Those are perennials and grow children and grandchildren for bunches. Some of them blooms in spring, others in summer lasting until late fall. You just have to wait until blooms to identify it but if it came to your yard unexpectedly, more likely is a wild one, very common in orange color, taller than other lilies and less fancy but always great in your garden.Helpful Reply
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Cynthia H on Aug 17, 2014I have lilies in my yard and thought that's what it was as soon as I saw the picture. I love the orange lilies, but, also have yellow and pink.Helpful Reply
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Shanna C on Aug 18, 2014Could possibly be a Crinum. Either way, it will bloom better if it's moved to a sunnier location.Helpful Reply
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Bethar on Aug 19, 2014I believe it is a lily problem is they are so many different varieties hard to say which one this is.Helpful Reply
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Sharon on Sep 02, 2014It may be a lily we older folks call "milk and wine"...similar in shape to an amaryllis, but the flower is ivory/cream with burgandy /purple stripes on the veins and inside . They will grow most anywhere ,but I like to move them to the edge of ditches,etc...places you don't mow often...best to cut the foliage after it dies back each season,as with daffodils.Helpful Reply
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Genna Scartaccini on Sep 02, 2014there are about 180 types of crinum lilies / bulbs. This looks like one that has always been called a ginger lilly in my family. I have several and all in different lighting and soils. The ones that bloom the best are in well drained soil in places that get protection from hot evening sun and even moisture. The bulb on some of mine are almost 18 inches deep and can easily weigh 5 pounds a piece with lots of little bulblettes growing off of them. They tend to surprise you when they do bloom because they send up a stalk like an amaryllis and burst into bloom with multiple trumpets on a single stalk that need protection from the wind.Helpful Reply
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Pam on Oct 13, 2014Gonna is right, and some types grow deeper than others, very very deep hard to dig up.Helpful Reply
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Stacey Gregory on Dec 22, 2014Needs full sun...lily with a unique bloom.Helpful Reply
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Charlda W on Dec 23, 2014It is certainly a lily, those flowers can grow anywhere.Helpful Reply
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Mary Kinder on Sep 03, 2016Lily of the nile or pink lady?Helpful Reply
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Mary Kinder on Sep 03, 2016Agapantha ?Helpful Reply
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Stephanie corley on Sep 03, 2016This is a crimium. It is a type of lily. It needs early morning light. There are probably multiple bulbs. They multiply this way. You see them around old homes because they were popular years ago. They only only bloom once a year but they are a part of american history.Helpful Reply
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Sidney Rippy McLaughlin on Sep 03, 2016It looks like a criminal lily. http://plantcaretoday.com/growing-care-crinum...Helpful Reply
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