Sometimes misleadingly called lily , members of the amaryllis syndicate , Amaryllidaceae , belong to their own discrete botanical group . dependable lilies belong to the lily family , Liliaceae . The florist shop amaryllis ( Hippeastrum spp . ) is a recognisable plant , particularly see as potted gifts or houseplants around Christmastime . The member of the amaryllis family check mild toxicant in their parts and should not be eaten . They also all bear magnificently ornate flowers , a intellect why gardener love to grow them .
Clivia
Native to South Africa , Clivia ( Clivia spp . ) are bid bush lilies or fire lilies , as well as the ethnic - insensitive name Kaffir lilies . These bulbs assume evergreen strap - like leaves and bear flower cluster that are orangish or fortunate yellow-bellied in wintertime to summertime , depending on species . They mature 12 to 20 column inch tall , also species pendent .
Belladonna Lily
Also native to South Africa but good in a gritty soil , belladonna lily ( Amaryllis belladonna ) is seasonally sleeping , lacking foliage in the few months before the bare flower stems poke up from the grease . It flower in late summer . Other name for it include naked ladies , magic lily , azucena and resurrection lily .
Crinum
Also call toxicant - bulb or misleading as crinum lilies , these plants spring up gravid , broad , sword - like leave . There are over 100 unlike species of Crinum , aboriginal to the tropical zone and quick temperature regions . Some examples of garden plants include the Vaal River lily ( Crinum bulbispermum ) , St. Christopher lily ( Crinum jagus ) and the Queen Emma spider lily ( Crinum augustum ' Queen Emma ' ) . Crinum lilies blossom during the tender months and range in height from 3 to 8 foot marvellous depending on metal money .
Amazon Lily
Seventeen coinage of Amazon lily ( Eucharis spp . ) hail from the tropic forests in Central America and the Andes Mountains . Glossy dark-skinned dark-green leaves are attractive by themselves , but the drooping flowers that resemble clean Narcissus pseudonarcissus look exquisite when they come out in outflow to other summer . Three species often find in tropic shade gardens are Eucharis amazonica , Eucharis ulei and Eucharis grandiflora .
Paintbrush
aboriginal to South Africa and Namibia , paintbrush ( Haemanthus spp . ) grows only two strappy leaves from each light bulb . The flowers occur often in summertime and pass and are dim with stamens , making them see like plump , upright paintbrushes . calculate on metal money , the flowers are either creamy white , pink or orange - carmine . The plants grow no magniloquent than 12 to 14 inches .
Blood Lily
The line lily ( Scadoxus spp . ) is aboriginal to tropical Africa and nearby moist part of Arabia . These appear much like a paintbrush but grow with many leaves emanating from the electric light and the flower occurs before the leaves in fountain to early summertime . The red to orange flower heads comprise hundreds of stamen with long filaments , looking like a ball of cat whisker . Two coinage known to many tropical gardeners are Scadoxus puniceus and Scadoxus multiflorus subsp . katherinae .
Spider Lily
The white flowers of spider lily ( Hymenocallis spp . ) have six long , analog flower petal that ring a white cup or " webbing " that connect the bases of the six hairsbreadth - like stamens . Many time these plants grow prolifically in wet soil along streams or lake and blooming in either winter , spring or summertime . Three coinage of note inclue Hymenocallis caribaea , Hymenocallis littoralis and Hymenocallis tubiflora .
Daffodil
The quinessential perennial bulb that creates resplendent fountain flower display , jonquils and daffodils ( Narcissus spp . ) are also showy penis of the amaryllis class . There are about 50 species but yard of piece - made hybrid and mutated miscellanea exist . Daffodils ' blooming time of year extend from late wintertime to mid - outpouring with flower flower petal range in color from white to yellow with primal flower loving cup being white , pink , yellow or orange or shades in - between .
Snowdrop
Breaking through the melting snowdrift in the last days of wintertime , wood anemone ( Galanthus spp . ) are a small , nigh relative to florist amaryllis . Only blooming in white , the plants grow 4 to 10 inches improbable , depending on mintage .
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