- Common name:
- Peruvian Daffodil, Narrow Leaf Spider Lily
Category: Lilies & Bulbous plants, Groundcovers, Water & Aquatic Plants
Family :Amarylidaceae or Agave or Amaryllis family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- White
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Plant for puja or prayer flower or leaves
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Animals will not eat
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Good on seaside
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - Compared to the regular spider lily - Hymenocallis littoralis - this variety has narrower, deeper green and longer leaves.
- Plants also make larger and fuller clumps.
- Bulbous plant with strap shaped leaves, umbels of large fragrant, white flowers, crown funnel shaped, lobes fringed.
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Growing tips:
- - Ideal for planting nest to pools or waterbodies.
- Also makes a lovely non trim border.
- Easy to grow.
- Will grow in any type of soil with medium fertility.
- Will grow well in less light - but not flower much.
- Good and regular irrigation required for healthy foliage.
