Full Sun
Moderate watering
Tender
H1c
RHS hardiness
5°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
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Spear lily Overview
Small genus with just 2 evergreen perennials. They grow in rosettes and are favoured for their showy blooms. Both species are native to Australia and tend only to flower after around 10 years. Red, tubular blooms are borne on a large flower spike above linear, sword-shaped green foliage.
How to propagate Spear lily
Seed
You can propagate by seed in spring, by mature bulbils.
Suckers
Suckers after flowering.
Other uses of Spear lily
Grown for their flowers.