I started fortnight lily seeds about ten years ago when I was on a major kick of growing bulbous plants from seed. This plant grew quickly and flowered in about three years from seed. It has gone through tough times the last few years, having died back in its pot. It grew back well this year but hasn’t bloomed for a while.

The flowers are a showy mix of white, yellow, and blue, in a graceful, open iris-like form. The leaves are pure iris–spear-like and plentiful (when happy).

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My future plans for this plant are to plant it into the memory garden. Seattle is considered a Zone 8 hardiness zone, and this plant is supposed to be hard to Zone 8, so I’ll give it a chance to take up some room in that sunny bed. I think it might really like that.