Species X Iris, Candy Lily, Candylily, Pardancanda

Started these from seed last year. They are about 5 inches tall now in poor soil, zone 4b. I've got them in filtered shade. After read...Read Moreing all the comments, maybe I should move them, but some of you seem to have had luck in part shade, even blooms. Does anyone know if I should keep them out of the same bed as Belamcanda for danger of cross-fertilization and reverting? Although I guess that would only affect the seed.

i purchased bareroots (3) through mail order and put them in pots over some heat. i moved them outside and transplanted them, one in ful...Read Morel sun and two in part shade. the two in part shade have beat the full sun one to bloom. beautiful.

This plant is very easy to divide in the fall. Be sure to uproot entire plant are carefully seperate the roots of all the fans. Transpl...Read Moreants easily and takes quickly with blooms the next summer. Seeds can also be easily grown indoors, suggest stratification though.

A highly variable hybrid from Belamcanda chinensis ("Blackberry Lily") and Pardanthopsis dichotoma ("Vesper Iris").

I planted three candy lilies (3" pots) under the shade of an oak tree in May, 2003. They have grown substantially and are just beginning...Read More to bloom. Absolutely beautiful.

Started mine from seed last year, along with Belamcanda and Pardanthopsis seeds. All bloomed their heads off this year, and the seed pod...Read Mores are filling out nicely ;o)

I'm still waiting for flowers after three years. I started mine from seed, and the first year they were just thin looking in the red cla...Read Morey soil of North Georgia. The second year they spent in a pot, and just barely survived. Last fall they went into the ground here in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b and are thriving--the strapy leaves are standing upright and are a deep green, but no flowers. Maybe they need more sun, as this bed is mostly high filtered shade.

I've found the plants to be rather floppy. I have lots of stakes holding mine up. The spotted flowers are interesting and the foliage is ...Read Moreattractive. They bloom the second year from seed. The crowns need to be planted 1 1/2" deep. Heat and drought tolerant.

Two-inch blooms in all kinds of shapes and colors from July until first frost. X Pardancanda has iris-like foliage. It is heat and drou...Read Moreght-tolerant. You can sow outdoors in spring after danger of frost, or in late summer twelve weeks before ground freezes. Cover with 1/4" soil. Seedlings emerge in 10-21 days. Divide clumps after 3 years.