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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Spider Lilies


A sure September surprise is Spider Lilies popping up 
in unexpected places at our old house. 
I like to think they have been here for a hundred years. 
After all the house was here prior to the Civil War. 
There seems to be no plan as to where they are located.


 They pack a lot of beauty in their brief appearance.


After the blooms fade is a good time to move them. 
We shall be taking a few to the yellow house this year.
Southern Living magazine has an article about them this month too.

As they are one of my favorite flowers I will be linking to 

joy&peace
Olive


37 comments:

  1. Pretty little surprises. When does the foliage appear?

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    1. Around the first of September. They are found at old home sites here in the south usually. I do not think I have ever seen for sale any where.

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  2. Wow - they are lovely...I bet they wouldn't survive outside in the great white north...

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  3. We always called them "Surprise Lillies" and I only recently found out they were really "Spider Lillies!"

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  4. They are so beautiful....I never knew the name of them until now. Thanks for sharing them :o)
    Happy Wednesday!
    ~Des

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  5. I've never seen those kind of lilies before. They do look like spiders lying on their backs.

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  6. What a beautiful surprise popping up here and there!

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  7. I'm always so surprised and happy when something pops up in the late summer! These are so pretty!

    XO,
    Jane

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  8. They are beautiful - I read that they were originally from China where they were then imported into Japan and from there to America. Apparently they now grow wild in North Carolina - is that where you live Olive? I would love to have some in my garden but they are not frost hardy, so they would have to be a conservatory plant, or be planted in a sheltered bit of land beside a wall. Lovely, the first time I have seen them.

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    1. We are in Georgia. But I see them is many parts of the deep South Rosemary.

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  9. Olive, I have never heard of this lily...but I like how unusual it is. Pretty color too. Smiles, Susie

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  10. So pretty and how fun that they show up a certain time of year. I hope you are feeling well, Olive. Ann

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  11. Hi Olive. I love your Spider Lillies. I have never seen or heard of them before! How lovely to live in such an old house, and it will be really good to take some of these Lillies up to the yellow house, where, hopefully, they will bloom next year. Hope all is well with you and your little family.

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  12. Those are some beautiful flowers! They're so dainty looking.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  13. That's a pretty flower, I've never seen them around here-enjoy:@)

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  14. That plant is new to me and has a rather dramatic flare to it. From a couple of comments above I can see it wouldn't be too happy in my area. It's really pretty, Olive.

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  15. Olive, I love the idea that a flower may have been from the civil war era!

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  16. Olive, How wonderful to have such a lovely flower bloom when everything else is wilting. Just beautiful!
    Mary Alice

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  17. Oh I enjoyed your spider lilies how pretty

    I want some LOL in my garden I will ask my neighbor about when and how to plant them she is in a garden club and her yard is so pretty something pretty all year

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  18. Wow, beautiful flowers. Love the color.

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  19. I love these flowers! We don't have anything like that around here. Gorgeous.

    xo
    Claudia

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  20. I've never seen such lovely lilies. Beautiful.
    Joy

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  21. What a beautiful flower for you to enjoy ~ and really great photos Olive.
    They would be one of my favorite things too. Have a great weekend.

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  22. So pretty! I've never seen them before either! They remind me a little of agapanthus, but more delicate!

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  23. I had fogotten how beautiful they are!
    Smiles, Dottie

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  24. They are lovely, as is the name. :-)

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  25. What a sweet and happy fall surprise! I live in Georgia also and I've seen them before and they are lovely! hugs, Linda

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  26. They are spectacular. I love unexpected surprises in the yard.

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  27. I love these vibrant flowers. There are so many unusual flowers in the south. Thanks for sharing.
    Balisha

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  28. Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous spider lilies with us, I don't think I've ever seen them before and they are so lovely. And how wonderful to live in a house that was built before the Civil War. WOW!

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  29. Lovely. I've never seen these before...J

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  30. those are gorgeous flowers. wow, i don't believe i have ever seen one in person. lovely!! (:

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  31. Wow! They are gorgeous. Love the color. I haven't seen one either! What a lucky one you are to have them.

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  32. These are lovely... I don't know that I have seen them before. Love your ABOUT warning about the flowers... he he. :)

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  33. What a beautiful spray of color at a time of year when so much in the garden is "going by". Thank you so much for sharing these, Olive. They're lovely!

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I adore your comments. They are like finding unexpected chocolates. olive