Lycoris rosea Rose Parade Thermopsis hummingbird-attracting Salvia greggii

hummingbird-attracting Salvia greggii

a la Lorena Bobbitt

heavily white speckled foliage

a great large foil in woodland settings

Lycoris rosea Rose Parade Thermopsis hummingbird-attracting Salvia greggiiLycoris 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