Lycoris sprengeri Rhythm and Blues Verbena forming a groundcover

forming a groundcover

white vertical veins (candidissimum means "dazzling white")

the clumps are topped with 2' tall scapes (occasionally branched) of very fragrant

each leaf is edged with very dramatic waving

Lycoris sprengeri Rhythm and Blues Verbena forming a groundcoverLycoris sprengeri 'Rhythm and Blues' is 2019 Plant Delights Juniper Level Botanic Garden introduction of a Phil Adams cross of typical Lycoris sprengeri and the original type specimen of Lycoris haywardii, which we now know to be Lycoris sprengeri 'Hayward'. The result is a lovely plant that sends up 20" tall cinnamon colored stalks in mid August (NC). The stalks are topped with 5 6, medium pink flowers, whose petals are slightly narrower than typical