Hymenocallis New Lion Pulmonaria Starting in late September and

Starting in late September and continuing into early November (NC)

which we coveted (a secret just between you and me) after visiting her Massachusetts garden in 1998

Helleborus foetidus is a short-lived perennial

'Blue Moon' hybrid is topped with 14" scapes of closed lavender flowers

Hymenocallis New Lion Pulmonaria Starting in late September andWhile 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,