white spider lily scientific name Spider Lily (White) – Pond Megastore

white spider lily scientific name Spider Lily (White) – Pond MegastorePlant Description Spider Lily (White) also known as Texas Spiderlily, Shiners or Spring Spiderlily. Exquisite, fragrant, white, cup shaped flowers with longer, stellate, outer petals that give it a 'spidery' appearance. These elegant blooms appear spring and summer on lush, green, sword like foliage and grow 14 20 inches tall with a 12 inch spread. Spider Lilies can be brought indoors in the fall and overwintered as a houseplant. Unique and unusual,

Plant Description

Spider Lily (White) also known as Texas Spiderlily, Shiners or Spring Spiderlily.  Exquisite, fragrant, white, cup-shaped flowers with longer, stellate, outer petals that give it a 'spidery' appearance. These elegant blooms appear spring and summer on lush, green, sword-like foliage and grow 14 - 20 inches tall with a 12 inch spread. Spider Lilies can be brought indoors in the fall and overwintered as a houseplant. Unique and unusual, this is a dreamy addition to your water garden or bog area. Considered annuals in the north and goes dormant in the south throughout the winter months. Spider Lilies are a sweetly fragrant specimen, has a clumping habitat and is always a head turner when in bloom!

Height  Grow 14 - 20 inches tall 

Width  12 inch spread

Sunlight Requirements  Full sun to part shade

Moisture Requirements  Wet, plant in loam soil with up to 2 inches of water above roots

Bloom  Spring and summer

Zone 7 - 10

Planting Instructions

Hymenocallis Lirisome or White Spider Lilies are easy to grow in moist loam soil with up to 2 inches of water at the roots, plant in wide containers using  moist, loam soil and place in your pond with up to 2 inches of water over the roots in full sun to part shade. Spider lilies are also great for naturalizing on pond and stream banks and do best when soil is kept evenly moist!