Unknown flower
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Karen B
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This popped up this week. No foliage. Any clue what kind of plant this is? Thanks!
21 answers
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Surprise Lilly
Diana Keele
on Jul 24, 2015
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Lycoris (a.k.a. Surprise Lily, Resurrection Lily, Naked Ladies) is your mystery plant, Karen! Here's more information on them! http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lycoris-lily/lycoris-lily.htm
Barb Rosen
on Jul 24, 2015
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I think it is a Nerine,there are different varietys.
Penny
on Jul 24, 2015
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I used my flower identify app. it said it was Heath Dog Viola ( Viola Canina)
Joni Stovall
on Jul 24, 2015
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WE ALWAYS CALLED THEM MAGIC LILIES
ELLISANDRA
on Jul 24, 2015
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I have always heard them called "Bare Naked Ladies" ! They are very eye-catching and beautiful, just like a bare naked lady would be I suppose !
Dickie Davis
on Jul 24, 2015
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Belladonna lily
Shirlee m
on Jul 24, 2015
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My mom always called them suprise lillies here in the Midwest.
Dawn McAlister
on Jul 24, 2015
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Surprise lilies, the flowers come up first, die down and then the leaves come up.
DORLIS
on Jul 24, 2015
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We call them Naked Lady lilies. Leaves come up in spring and then disappear in summer. lilies appear with no foliage in the fall. They are always such a nice surprise.
Kathy Ames
on Jul 24, 2015
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We call them mystery lilies, all of a sudden this flower comes up when the lily dies the foliage comes up. They are beautiful.
Mary Wilson
on Jul 24, 2015
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we called them naked ladies
Tinie Thomas
on Jul 24, 2015
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I don't remember the technical name, but I looked them up when mine appeared, and I think they are a type of allium. I was amazed at how fast they grow!!
M'sMammy
on Jul 24, 2015
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It can also be called a resurrection lily since it comes out after the foliage has died
Pauline D
on Jul 24, 2015
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Naked lady , Mystery Lily, Hardy amaryllis. Neat plant.
Dixie Lee Foster
on Jul 24, 2015
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In Iowa we call them Naked Lady or Surprise Lily. The foliage is the first out of the ground in the spring and then dies down in May=-June. Then after the first hard rain in July, they appear with the flowers.
Ellen McKay
on Jul 25, 2015
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We call them Rain Lily's, you can force them to bloom just by soaking that area with a hose. After they bloom the head turns into a big seed pod. When it just starts to crack open cut it off, turn it upside down in the soil 3 inches down you can have hundreds and hundreds of them. Dig one up and you will find baby bulbs all around the larger flowers. I drop them all over my yard and after a summer thunderstorm, the next day or two they start popping up everywhere it is beautiful. I also drop the little baby bulbs around trees, mail box etx.
Cheryl Marrocco
on Jul 26, 2015
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All of the above. I think the botanical name of the bulb is zephyranthes
RoseMary Wells
on Jul 26, 2015
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Rain lily
Lora
on Jul 27, 2015
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Yes, it's a belladonna amaryllis, not a zephyr lily. Lots of nicknames because of the way it blooms when the plant has no leaves or after soaking rains.
RoseMary Wells
on Jul 27, 2015
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THIS IS A HEIRLOOM FROM 1889. IT IS LYCORIS SQUAMIGERCE. THIS BULB IS AVAILABLE FROM WAYSIDE GARDENS. HARDY IN ZONES 5-10. CALLED MAGIC LILY.
ELLISANDRA
on Jul 31, 2015
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