General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 6 to 8 inches (to 15 inches when including bloom spike)
Plant Spread: 12 to 14 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Color: Other: Greenish-white with dark maroon anthers
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Pollinators: Flies
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Pineapple Lily

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Date: August
Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2010-08-22
I was pleaed to see this flower, one I had wanted and got.  Flowe

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