Lycoris rosea Matchsticks Hippeastrelia We've been growing this wonderful

We've been growing this wonderful introduction from the late Maria Plater-Zyberk for years and just hadn't got around to offering it before now

We are pleased to have introduced and named this 2001 Hayes Jackson selection of the deer-resistant Iris japonica

and takes on a lovely rusty-orange hue during the winter months

the central variegation pattern eventually fades to solid green

with narrow blotches of light grey-green toward the edge

Lycoris rosea Matchsticks Hippeastrelia We've been growing this wonderfulLycoris x rosea 'Matchsticks' is a 2020 Plant Delights Nursery JLBG introduction of a unique Sam Caldwell hybrid of Lycoris x rosea that we acquired as Lycoris radiata 'Dark Red'. While the flowers open a dark cranberry scarlet, they soon take on the blue petal tips indicative of a cross with Lycoris sprengeri. Plants like this were referred to by Caldwell as Lycoris x jacksoniana, an invalid name referring to his hybrids of Lycoris radiata x