Lycoris rosea Rose Parade Mexico the 25" tall stalks

the 25" tall stalks

The vigorously growing large clumps are topped in late spring with 3' tall scapes of lavender flowers

You can bet this common name wasn't coined by a Wall Street marketing firm

like a super-sized schefflera

but with narrow

Lycoris rosea Rose Parade Mexico the 25" tall stalksLycoris x rosea 'Rose Parade' is a 2019 introduction of a special selection of a hybrid of Lycoris radiata x Lycoris sprengeri that we acquired in 1999 from China's Dr. Lin, via plantsman Jim Waddick. Since the bulbs were mixed up in shipment, we are uncertain of the true name, so we use the name Lycoris 'Rose Parade'. For us, Lycoris 'Rose Parade' produces masses of very frilly, narrow petalled rosy pink flowers atop 17" tall stalks, starting for us