Habranthus ruber Manettia narrow green leaves

narrow green leaves

Although it was hybridized for the cut flower trade

Shortia is a member of the tiny Diapensiaceae family

deer-resistant clump of round

Habranthus ruber Manettia narrow green leavesHabranthus ruber is a very rare rain lily species from open fields and woodland edges in the southern Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul, where it was first described in 1970. Although not winter hardy outdoors here in Zone 7b, it is a special collector plant that should be in all serious bulb collections. The small, rain lily size, deciduous bulbs sprout 1' tall spikes for us in mid August, each topped with 1 2 large scarlet orange flowers that