Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Habranthus tubispathus (syn. Habranthus texanus)
Family: (Amaryllidaceae)
Tender bulb to 8″. Rio Grande Copper Lily. Argentina and Uruguay. Flowers have a copper-coloured exterior and are golden yellow within. The solitary, upward facing blooms are 1½ inches in length and about the same diameter when open. Blooms in the spring, but often, there is another flush in the fall. Leaves appear after flowering. Sun. 3 & T2