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Spider Lily Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

A bulb that sends up leafless flower stems in autumn, then leaves in winter; left undisturbed once planted.

Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Sow / plantGrowingFlowering

Guides

Pests and diseases (5)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Rust

Disease

Small raised orange-yellow to red-brown pustules form on both leaf surfaces, then rupture and release powdery spores. Heavy infection yellows the leaves and kills them early.

Gray Mold

Disease

Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.

Mosaic DiseasePlant-parasitic NematodesLeaf Blight

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