General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 6 to 10 inches
Leaves: Other: grass like
Flowers: Showy
Other: Blooms are stimulated and flower best when triggered by rainfall
Flower Color: Pink
Other: w/ yellow stamens and white throat
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 2 to 4 weeks
Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Collect shiny black seeds from capsules when yellow and beginning to split. Viability decreases rapidly after harvest; sow fresh seeds on moist potting soil and add enough media on top to cover. Press gently. Place in indirect light and keep moist.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Prefers to be under-potted

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Common names
  • Zephyr Lily
  • Pink Rain Lily
  • Rainlily
  • Rain Lily
  • Fairy Lily
  • Cuban Zephyr Lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2023-08-19
Normal bloom
Location: My Garden
Date: 2016-09-30
Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2023-08-19
Polymerous bloom

photo by: Hopeoflight
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Date: 2019-11-14
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-08-26
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-10-11
Rain Lily 009
Location: My garden
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-18
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-08-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: July 2009
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2014-04-06
Freshly opened flower with pollen to be picked up by little bees
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2018-03-04
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-07-18

Date: 2019-07-29
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-08-02
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2014-04-06
This was larger than normal size blooms and hence I kept my finge
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-07-06
Rain Lily 002
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 5-31-07

Date: 2019-07-31
Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-07-06
Zephyr Lily 001
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-3-11
1st emergence
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-06-28
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2010-April
Freshly opened flower with pollen to be picked up by little bees

Date: September
credit: Prenn
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-29-06
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-06-14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-09-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-18
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 30, 2011 1:25 PM concerning plant:
    Considered the most tender of the Rain lilies. Pest-proof.
    Mine are grown in pots/containers that are overwintered dry in basement. Replicate fairly swiftly.
    Sometimes blooms appear before leaves (first flush of season); bloom flushes appear periodically through the season; usually preceded by a good rain.
    Rain lilies are native to central America and Texas.
    An annual top-dressing preferred to re-potting. Flower better when slightly pot-bound.

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