Lycoris radiata var pumila Adams August Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions we have found Polianthes 'Swarna

we have found Polianthes 'Swarna Rekah' much more winter hardy than the unmutated double tuberose

Visitors to the garden have marveled at the exceptionally dark green

These two features are enough reason to grow it

I honestly never thought I would grow another ivy

since ice plants love gravelly soils

Lycoris radiata var pumila Adams August Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions we have found Polianthes 'SwarnaLycoris 'Adam's August' is 2013 Plant Delights Nursery introducton of a diploid form of the popular Lycoris radiata var. pumila that starts flowering for us in early to mid August, filling a gap in the flowering time of other more commonly grown July and September forms of Lycoris radiata. The 16" tall spikes appear almost overnight and are topped with spidery flower heads of brilliant scarlet red. The narrow foliage emerges after flowering in late