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Summer Surprise Lilies – Part I

2 Comments • Educational Topics, Plant Spotlight • By Tony Avent • August 5, 2026

The summer surprise lily season kicks into full gear around July 15, so it’s time to share those who graced us with their presence from July 15-July 31. Because we grow over 1,100 cultivars of lycoris, we have an abundance in flower every day from early July until early October. Flowering time for each stem

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Blue Pearls

One of the early surprise lilies to start off the summer flowering season is Lycoris x incarnata ‘Blue Pearl’, in flower now at JLBG. This cross from Japanese bulb breeder, Dr. Shuichi Hirao, is a hybrid of two of the most winter hardy species, Lycoris longituba and Lycoris sprengeri. After flowering, the plant will remain