Here is a photo of one our many superb rain lily selections, Zephyranthes ‘Summer Snow’. This is Not an exceptional display but a perfectly typical display that follows most every rain event in the summer. The rain lilies do not flower continuously but burst forth periodically over the many frost-free months of the year. One might want to build a garden with a backbone of continuously blooming, winter-hardy herbaceous perennials, but the rain lilies add a great deal of excitement to the garden with their sudden appearance after each rain. It is this element of change that beckons us out to garden to see what is blooming today. For sure, I value the salvias and winter-hardy lantanas and other plants that bloom for 6 to 8 months of the year but the daily surprises keep me coming back.
Most rain lilies multiply readily, making more and more bulbs every year. They will continue blooming even when they get crowded. The only downside to getting crowded is that they will often push bulbs up out of the ground. So once your rain lilies have multiplied, dig them, separate them into separate bulbs or small clumps of bulbs and replant them to make bigger displays of them in your garden or share with friends and neighbors. They will not be set back by dividing them and you can do it year-round in climates where they are winter hardy, zone 7-10. And you probably already know that they are available in a wide range of colors: white, pink, red, orange, yellow, and pastel blends. Explore our specialty collection of rain lilies.
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