This is a favorite flower of Joan and Gene Lemme of Dixon, Ill., Best Overall Garden winners in our Glorious Gardens Contest 2006. Now is the time you see it blooming. Why they love it: Lycoris ...

The subject line of the email sounded a bit alarming: “Think I actually have Lycoris squamigera.” But the sender was my West Chester gardening friend, Gary McKown, and though I had never heard of ...

If you grow Lycoris squamigera (also called Magic Lily or Amaryllis halli), the blooms will be popping up in another two weeks or a month, but naked. No leaves whatsoever. If you don't know Lycoris, ...

These seemed to pop out of the ground overnight. Just a stalk and then, boom, a flower. Is it a lily? Naked ladies are having a banner year. More demurely known as resurrection lilies or magic lilies, ...

When ordering bulbs for fall planting, consider adding some magic to your late-summer/early-fall garden for next year. Two late-blooming lilies, members of the ...

When I was visiting Natchez looking for locations to film the TV version of Southern Gardening this past week, I had a great time enjoying the historic homes and gardens, but the sights that had me ...

Many plant lovers have a special fondness for daffodils, that early blooming bulb which always seems to push out of the ground in the cold of winter and fight the elements to bring forth a sign of ...

The surprise lily, or Lycoris squamigera, adds beauty and fragrance to the garden in late summer. Its many common names are as whimsical as the plant itself. It has been called magic lily, mystery ...

LITTLE ROCK — First, the naked ladies start dancing in the yard. Then come the red spiders, waving in the breeze atop bare stems. Lycoris flowers grace our gardens like a pleasant surprise. So of ...

There’s probably no more delicate flower found in our gardens. I’ll give you two choices of names: Lycoris squamigera or “naked ladies.” Or you can go with the unimaginative “surprise lilies” that is ...