Triteleia, Grass Nut, Ithuriel's Spear, Wally Basket 'Queen Fabiola'

I purchase a small bag of the bulbs about 10 years ago on an end of season clearance table. Planted them in different parts of my garden...Read More and find full sun provides a better display and they multiply more rapidly. They do accept part shade as well as full shade. The deer seem to nibble and test them, but not fully consume. They are a pleasing surprise blooming as spring displays finish and before the summer blooms arrive. Let the leaves die back naturally to assure blooms the following years. A wonderful addition to a perennial garden.

Flowering is in late spring to early summer, after most spring bulbs are finished. The basal foliage dies down while flowering is beginni...Read Moreng.

Native to western N. America, it needs to be kept dry during its summer dormancy. The corm reconstitutes itself during dormancy, summer through winter, and should not be disturbed then.

I've had the species come back for a couple of years in succession, here in Boston. Can be difficult here in the east, where summers are wet.

Hardy to Z5 with mulch.

This is the 3rd year I have grown these Triplet Lilies. I planted them in a garden that I really didn't get all the bermuda grass eradic...Read Moreated out of, so I am often somewhat abusive in my attempts to get the grass out from around them...yet they continue to multiply and offer more and more blooms each year. I don't think I have lost a one. They don't multiply out of control like a week though, it is just a nice increase each year. I have them planted in full sun. They bloom in May. The foilage doesn't look as good for me as some. It may be because I have them planted in too much heat. However, they still bloom well. They are slight flowers and so my suggestion is to grow them in front of and inbetween grander flowers such as Gladiolus and Iris. With that said, I really like them and plant to buy more in other colors.

Cold hardiness zones 5-9.