Rain lilies, also known as fairy lilies and zephyr flowers, are warm-climate bulbs that thrive in full sun and are adaptable to most soils. Often mistaken for crocuses due to their similar size and ...

Question: Pink rain lilies are growing in some of our neighborhood and I would to add them to my yard. What is the best location for the bulbs? Answer: Select a lightly shady to full sun location for ...

Question: We noticed crocuslike pink flowers from what appear to be bulbs in early summer. Do you know the name and how well they grow locally? Answer: Maybe you also noticed the flowers appear ...

During a recent Orange County Master Gardener monthly meeting, fellow Master Gardener Eddie Shaw,who counts himself a fan of the rain lily, surprised me with a gift of seeds. The zip top plastic bag ...

Rain lilies differ in form, size and color but share one common trait: They bloom when it rains. These garden jewels are easy to grow. Members of the amaryllid family, most in the genus Zephyranthes, ...

Recent rain has coaxed some treasures out of hiding. Rain lilies are easy to grow. You may have seen a common one lately: the copper-lily or Habranthus tubispathus v. texanus. Native to Texas, this ...

One year, while working in the IDEA garden, we dug some rain lilies, and I volunteered to take them home and grow them until time for our annual bulb sale. They did perfectly in pots and were healthy ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Recently, when I was visiting my Auntie Hilda in Manoa, I ...

The rains early in the month were generous enough to bring the rainfall total for the year up to the normal level and to raise the Edwards Aquifer to the average level for this time of the year. Our ...

Late last winter our friend and fellow gardener Bruce Gray brought us a one gallon pot with some green grassy plants in it. They weren’t very tall and kind of looked like little green grassy plants.