General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: with red blush accents & mahogany "lashes"
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds (both species and hybrids) should be sown in the fall where night time temperature is around 40-50F and day time temperature is lower than (68F.
Sow in situ
Other info: Soak seeds for 24 hrs.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Trade name information:
Series: Princess Lilies®
Trade Name: Sara
Cultivar name: 'Staprisara'
Common names
  • Peruvian Lily
  • St. Martin's Flower
  • Lily of the Incas
Also sold as:
  • Princess Sara

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Date: 2016-04-16
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-05-10
Location: At a local nursery
Date: June 2009

photo credit: Andy Mabbett
Location: At a local nursery
Date: June 2009

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