General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 24 inches (30-60cm)
Plant Spread: 9 to 18 inches (20-45cm)
Leaves: Other: Winter dormant
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Harvest berry when red (ripe) and drops at a touch. Remove seed(s) and clean. Relatively short seed viability period. Keep medium moist, not dry or soaking wet, while bulblet is produced. Leaves appear in a few months.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Prefers to be under-potted
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Blood Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae
  • Synonym: Haemanthus katharinae

Photo Gallery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Date: 2024-01-24
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: May 2023
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2012-03-04
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2020-05-27
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Uploaded by chhari55
Uploaded by chhari55
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2020-09-11
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2011-08-20
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2014-10-16
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2015-09-28
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2011-08-13
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2011-08-20
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2012-01-02

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