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Chinese Lantern Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca): Christmas Bells of Orange

Chinese Lantern Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca), also called Christmas Bells, is a delicate, climbing tuberous perennial that produces charming, pendant, lantern-shaped, orange flowers on slender, arching stems in late spring to summer. Its foliage is light and airy. Native to South Africa, it's a prized cut flower and beautiful trained on a trellis in frost-free gardens.

Taxonomic Information

Family:Liliaceae (lil-ee-AY-see-ee)
Genus:Sandersonia (san-der-SON-ee-a)
Species:aurantiaca (aw-ran-ti-AYE-kuh)

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