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African Blood Lily

African Blood Lily

Regular price $14.97
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SKU: 16024-03

Includes: 3 Haemanthus bulbs

Shipping: Ships Spring 2027 (Reserve Early)

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Planting Information

  • Depth:

    2"

  • Proximity:

    6-8"

  • Planting Season:

    Spring

  • Bloom Season:

    Summer

  • Water Qty:

    Moderate; Lower in Winter

  • Sunlight Quantity:

    Full Sun to Partial Shade

  • Zones:

    Zones 9-11

  • Benefits:

    Attracts pollinators. Unique & Un-common.

Description

Haemanthus Bulbs | Red African Blood Lily

Whether you know them as African Blood Lilies, Scadoxus, Haemanthus, or Pincushion Flowers, these plants are undeniably some of the most intriguing summer bloomers. Always a customer favorite, these showstoppers are living, blooming butterfly magnets and make exceptional cut flowers. For more than two months in the summer, glorious globes comprised of hundreds of individual scarlet florets with striking gold-tipped stamens grace both garden beds and containers. Attractive, undulating foliage surrounds the breathtaking blooms to complete the total package. If you're looking for something to add long-lasting color and fascinating form, check out African Blood Lilies!

Easy to Grow Features

  • Zones: 9-11
  • Height: 12-18 inches
  • Spacing: 6-8 inches
  • Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade
  • Water: Moderate; Lower in Winter
  • Flowering Season: Summer
  • Flower Color: Red
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  • 4 stars: 4 (20%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (5%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 1 (5%)
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Carol Connelly (United States)
Nicely packaged with instructions. We shall see when they grow!

The blooms of this bulb are my favorite surprise of the season, and I love the foliage.

Thank you for your review of the African Blood Lily. We appreciate your comments on the packaging, and wish you Happy Growing!

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Bonita Ion (United States)
Arrival timely and good bulbs

Just hope something flowers someday. I think they are not blooming size.

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Linda

These never sprouted, bulbs turned soft.

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David

Good size and healththy looking.

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Holly E (United States)
Nicely packed, all bulbs have sprouted

I am looking forward to seeing these Blood Lily flowers. All six of my bulbs have sprouted and have healthy leaves. My order was well-packed and arrived quickly after I placed my order.

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Bryan

Product arrived as expected. Prefer tags rather than names written in the bags as I can't use them for identification once planted.

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Christina M Serrone (United States)
My Blood Limy Bulbs

I recently received my oder and was very pleased when I opened the box. The Bulds were well packaged. The size was larger than I expected and that was a plus. I hope to get blooms from them this season. The flower it produces is beautiful. The support, when I inquired about my order was excellent and the Seller responded quickly i am very satisfied with my purchase and would buy from them again. Thank you

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Doug H (United States)
African Blood Lilly

Received 3 African Blood Lillies. 2 are in the ground and are healthy bulbs. However one was a mushy mess and unable to plant. Disappointed

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mary

Received my order, inspected the 2 bags each with 3 bulbs in them … one completely rotted bulb im each bag the other 4 bulbs seemed to be ok ….. hoping they grow!

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R.F. Mezzy (United States)
Spectacular!

So unusual-looking. My grandchildren were mesmerized -- could not believe they grew from the ground. I did not realize they were tender perennials so I'm hoping they will come back this year.

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Samual

Great quality bulbs. Bloomed only 3 weeks after planting. One of my favorite flowers. Love it

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Tammy

Beautiful blooms

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Tammy

Beautiful blooms

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Rex

Always a pleasure purchasing quality bulbs! Very large bulbs at a great price!

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David Bush (United States)
Everyone asks about these beauties.

Easy and beautiful. I am in zone 8b and lost all of mine because I forgot to bring them in last winter. I was happy to find more and can’t wait to see them bloom. The neighbors always comment on how beautiful and unusual they are.

Thank you for the review! Sorry to hear you lost your African Blood Lilies last fall; we are glad we can help you replenish your supply of these beauties. Happy gardening!

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Mee
Perfect container plants on my patio!

I by NO means have a "green thumb" but I try my best to attract and save our butterflies. So, my patio garden is a butterfly garden, or Pollinator's/Milkweed garden. It relaxes me and I love these because there is ZERO effort for these gorgeous plants. The foliage is beautiful, and then the spectacular firework looking blooms that last longer than many of my others. If this is new for you, do not be deterred if it doesn't bloom the first year. One of mine was growing thick, deep, hearty root system and bloomed the following year. I'm in zone 9, I did however this past winter cut my foliage down to the base due to it becoming slimy and I didn't want my giant bulb to rot so it hasn't started growing back yet, but it is early in the year and my bulb and its roots on all 3 are thick, long, and healthy white. I look forward to another great year, and no people the toxity is VERY LOW, do not worry. I have kid's and cats as well as other critters on my patio a lot and none have been sick or even had a rash.The only thing I would suggest to anyone who writes about these is to detail winter guidelines. To trim down when leaves are dead and getting wilted and slimy or just let them naturally fall off and it won't hurt the bulb? I took a chance and trimmed mine down. The bulb and root system looks great so I'm sure it's okay but would have loved to have more detailed instructions beforehand.

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Tino
Cool!

I consider this like a strange allium, great bloom but the foliage takes a beating. I couldn't tell if it was pest related, I even checked it on multiple occasions, never found out what keeps eating the cool foliage. All three bulbs did a great job.

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Chef Beth
Stunning

Easy to to grow and absolutely beautiful! I will be purchasing many more next season.

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Isabelle Telliez
Amazing and easy showstopper

I live in San Diego county, zone 10, and water my garden lightly. Based on the previous review, I purchased these bulbs. I planted them with a great amount of home compost under the filtered shade of a palm tree and forgot about them. They just came out at the end of August and have been flowering through September, one at a time. The plants are not very tall, but the flowers are huge: just as big as a Christmas ball or a Tennis ball. They are very unusual and amazing, not the kind of flowers that you would see in every neighbor garden. I will definitely buy more next spring. In a nutshell: show stopper and easy to grow!
Thank you easytogrowbulbs to provide such variety of bulbs!

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Humpty Dumpty House Gardens
Fantastic!!! We LOVE This Plant!!!

We purchased this plant from EasyTo GrowBulbs many years ago, and it comes back year after year after year!!! Very striking large red bloom -- a real show stopper. We've had doctors dressed in medical garb crawl on hands and knees through dirt to have their pictures taken with this blooming beast. This plant has been no trouble at all; we literally planted the bulb and forgot it. But no one fails to notice when this Dr. Seuss plant blooms. Our climate is hot and dry, so we planted in filtered sun. We love this Scadoxus so much, we purchased more, and will continue to add.