Lycoris straminea Hill Beyond Hill Punica Perhaps it's the towering 50"

Perhaps it's the towering 50" tall stalks

the Asian native Blechnum nipponicum has proven quite reliable

The clumps are topped with 3' spikes of lavender flowers in July

composed of a purple spathe and giant white spadix

Lycoris straminea Hill Beyond Hill Punica Perhaps it's the towering 50"Lycoris x straminea 'Hill Beyond Hill' is a lycoris hybrid (Lycoris chinensis x Lycoris radiata) we received a couple of decades ago, created by China's Dr. Lin and distributed by plantsman Jim Waddick. The 20" tall pinkish brown stalks are topped for us, starting in late August early September with narrow salmon peach buds that open to very frilly, medium yellow flowers with a central peach stripe down each petal. The flowers age to almost pure