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Gloriosa simplex
Simple Gloriosa Lily
This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
Shop Available GloriosaItem #: 11560
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Origin: Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Gloriosa plantii, Gloriosa superba 'Plantii') Gloriosa simplex is an amazingly showy species of the African native gloriosa lily. The 8' tall, twining deciduous vine is covered from June through summer (NC) with clusters of 3" flowers, each consisting of six red ruffled petals, each highlighted by a dramatic yellow border that ages to cream. There are few plants better to beautify and ugly fence that gloriosa lilies. Like their cousins, colchicums (fall crocus), gloriosas contain the chemical colchicine, so please, no snacking on your plants.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Gloriosa
Flower Color: Multicolor
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Spillers
Other: Medicinal Plants , Tropical Looking Plants