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Zephyranthes x 'Star of Bethlehem'
Rain Lily
Plant Type:
ARID LAND PLANTSZephyranthes x 'Star of Bethlehem' – Large orange flowers (to 3 inches diameter) sport a yellow heart with a lighter strip of golden orange down the center of each petal. Understated grassy green foliage becomes studded with beautiful Rain Lily flowers beginning in midsummer recurring after summer rain showers with every new flowering suggesting the coming autumn. 'Star of Bethlehem' is another in the quickly growing list of fantastic Zephyranthes hybrids from the capable hands of Fadjar Marta from Indonesia. Gradual increase from this clumping bulb. Pot grown bulbs.
Characteristics and Attributes for Zephyranthes x 'Star of Bethlehem'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Summer / Autumn
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / Autumn
Light
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Edging
- Potted Plant
- Greenhouse / Alpine House
- Rock Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Draining
- Fertile
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Offset
Genus Overview: Zephyranthes
Common Name: Rain Lily
I have a growing affection for these easy care, beautiful flowering bulbs which for us begin flowering successively in middle-late summer continuing into autumn. Buds quickly emerge after a shower, hence, their common name: Rain Lily. We have planted ours, in the case of Z. sp. 'Labuffarosa' and Z. candida at the south foundation of our home where they have clumped-up with their clean grassy green foliage through the growing season topped with their resplendent flowers later. For years I have draped burlap over them to "get them through the winter" but stopped this practice a few years back; it has neither hurt nor slowed them down in the least. And at the 2011 time they've been in the ground here for 12 years having come through every kind of weird and changeable winter we have in northeastern Connecticut. And though they are sheltered in this spot I venture to say they seem to demonstrate greater hardiness than perhaps once thought. And now, through the magnificent breeding work of Fadjar Marta of Indonesia, glorious new colors are coming available. All are offered as flowering-sized bulb offsets from their moms! However, we have not yet planted any of his remarkable offerings in the ground as of yet as we are building up stock. Plant Rain Lily in fertile draining soil in full sun up north.