Surprise Lily (Lycoris squamigera): Magic Lilies of Late Summer

Surprise Lily (Lycoris squamigera), also called Magic Lily, Resurrection Lily, or Naked Lady, earns its names from its habit of sending up tall, leafless stems topped with clusters of fragrant, rosy-pink, trumpet-shaped flowers in late summer — long after its spring foliage has died back. A tough, long-lived amaryllis relative that naturalizes readily in temperate gardens.

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