After a good rain event, like the 1.72 inches measured at the San Antonio International Airport over the past 10 days, Rain Lilies can sprout up overnight in the spring, summer or early fall.

White rain lilies multiply easily and rapidly, but are not invasive. Unfortunately, they are only available from mail-order nursery sources.

Rain lilies (Zephyranthes pronounced ze-fi-RANTH-eez) are bulbous plants, native to Central and South Americathat made their way to North America during Spanish colonization of the Southwest.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of rain lilies, pineapple, avocados, orchids, poinsettias and dealing with lawn tire tracks.

Pink rain lilies don’t seem to mind growing in our well-drained sandy soil. Adding organic matter to the site would help keep the soil moist and provide some nutrients for a few months to a year.

For example, rain lilies in the Zephyranthe genus are in the amaryllis family, with numerous cultivars and hybrids. Hybrids occur when two species are cross-pollinated.

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 ...

Rain lily, Atamasco lily, Zephyranthes atamasc, this week's Mystery Plant, is a native Southeastern member of the regular "old" amaryllis family. In fact, Carl Linnaeus first described it (he saw ...

The common name rain lily comes from this plant’s tendency to bloom after a good soaking from Mother Nature. They are native to tropical and semi-tropical regions of the Americas. There are 3 genera ...