Scadoxus multiflorus ssp multiflorus Cut Flower Plants Hosta 'Silver Threads and Golden

Hosta 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles' is topped with 8" stalks of light lavender flowers in late spring

The foliage can burn in full sun

wet soils in the heat of summer are still deadly

Yucca x gloriosa 'Lone Star' makes a 4' tall x 4' wide specimen in 4 years

Scadoxus multiflorus ssp multiflorus Cut Flower Plants Hosta 'Silver Threads and GoldenScadoxus multiflorus, a South African amaryllid from the Southern rainfall region, has been one of the greatest surprises in our hardiness trials. Despite enduring temperatures as low as 0 degrees F since the mid 1990s, the deciduous torch lily has returned each year. In early July, the 1' tall flower spike emerges overnight, topped with a tiny reddish bud that quickly explodes like a skyward firework into a 6 8", fuzzy red fireball. During flowering,