Nope. I do know the difference. I really was asking about the
pink-flowered Lycoris squamigera. I also grow Lycoris radiata and
enjoy it in my plant room and a trial bit outside. I hadn't noticed the
name hurricane lilies before, thanks for sharing it.
> Ummm... Maybe Marguerite meant Lycoris radiata, the red one (hurricane
> lilies to some.) It grows easily and blooms readily in our warmer-wintered
> Western climates.
>
and really I don't quite think of my climate as warmer wintered. At
least not this week.
>
> My Lycoris radiata didn't bloom well at all this year.
>
Neither did those of mine outdoors. Squirrels ate the flowering stalks,
so the Lycoris radiata now live in a cage. (G)
Marguerite growing in:
Zone 7, 3700 ft altitude, under the slope of mount Cuyamaca near the
Laguna mtns. of California.