The enchanting blossoms of spider lilies seem to appear out of nowhere following late-summer rains. Try these classic bulbs at home to create your own miraculous show. Spider lilies move around with ...

Q • My magic lilies have finished blooming and need to be replanted. Can they be dug now after the bloom stems die down or when is the best time? Write to Chip Tynan of the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

Count us lucky when a hurricane or tropical storm, after playing havoc in the Caribbean, veers east of Florida and blows itself away in the Atlantic. We get some much-needed rain and cooler air for a ...

Gardens can be full of surprises, but few are as rewarding as the unexpected appearance of the charming flower clusters of Lycoris squamigera, more popularly known as magic lilies or autumn amaryllis.

Spider lilies move around with us in the South. True pass-along plants, these hardy bulbs thrive in old gardens, yards, and cemeteries. Their show starts a few days after a good rain shower in ...

After the leaves of magic lilies wither and disappear in late spring, it's easy to forget the bulbs buried in the garden. So in August it's a happy surprise when the sturdy, leafless stalks suddenly ...

Surprise lilies, magic lilies, spider lilies, hurricane lilies — all common names for one of the South’s most interesting garden plants. I came home from a long weekend to discover my flowerbeds, ...

My mother called them "magic lilies." Heaven forbid she would call them "naked ladies," which is what WSAZ's John Marra calls them. This is the zenith of magic lilly season. The magic lilies my mother ...