Lycoris rosea Red Sunset Pakistan we never let our plants

we never let our plants read scientific journals

Hosta 'Clifford's Forest Fire' makes an 18" tall x 18" wide plant that looks for all the world like Hosta 'Liberty'

nearly black foliage that ages to green as the weather warms

For year-round interest it's hard to beat this felt-like

backed by long white sepals

Lycoris rosea Red Sunset Pakistan we never let our plantsLycoris x rosea 'Red Sunset' is a Phil Adams cross of Lycoris sprengeri 'Hayward' x Lycoris radiata that was subsequently backcrossed again with Lycoris radiata. Lycoris 'Red Sunset' produces a 2' tall bronze stalk, topped with spidery petaled, rosy red flowers, lightly tipped in dark blue. For us, the flower stalks arise from bare ground, starting in early August (NC). After flowering, the narrow, liriope like foliage emerges in fall and persists