Hymenocallis New Lion Pulmonaria but now it's also taken

but now it's also taken its rightful place as one of the great fairy garden plants of our time

Once the tuber saves up enough energy (usually 2-3 years)

the 3' tall clumps of Salvia 'Black and Blue' are clothed in fuzzy green

orange flowers with a yellow throat and abundant

Hymenocallis New Lion Pulmonaria but now it's also takenWhile I picked up this little known hymenocallis on a road trip through Texas in 2001, Thad Howard found his original plants as a garden specimen in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, hence the name 'New Lion'. According to Scott Ogden, it's probably an old Mexican hybrid. Regardless, Hymenocallis 'New Lion' has been a superb garden plant here in NC, forming large 4' wide clumps, composed of 30" long, slightly glaucous, blunt tipped leaves. The clumps are topped,