I don't have pictures, but I have L. sprengeri. I had them at my old place 4 miles down the road and moved some this summer to my new home. I didn't expect to see them until next summer but they're up in the three areas I put them and one is in bloom. I simply adore them.

At Tryon Palace in New Bern, NC there is a large section of the garden where naked ladies have naturalized over the decades. There's probably a half-acre of them. The effect is magical. I only have six bulbs at my house so I exhort them to spread.

dbarron- they look great! But I can't believe you can still have trouble with them even with an ideal climate... although at least it sounds like they grow for you which is not always the case here. I hope you're able to build up your collection again since with the way these grow it's an investment which stretches into decades rather than planting for instant effect. The blue tips on your haywardii are cool. It's such a subtle accent that it seems sometimes you see it, sometimes you have to look twice, sometimes it doesn't show well in pictures, sometimes...

The bright yellow of chinensis is also a welcome sight this time of year. I planted one a few years ago and although it was a great looking bulb, no bloom, no bloom, three blooms, two blooms, that's the track record I'm looking at! Maybe someday mine will settle in as nicely.

Someone gave me a few radiata to try and I'm sure you guessed that they haven't flowered yet. Each mild winter gets my hopes up so you never know. They're the only winter foliage kind I have, the rest are all spring foliage.

laceyvail I'm glad they transplanted well for you, and are even blooming! I consider myself lucky if they even grow leaves the next year lol. Nice that you have a decent amount, sprengerii isn't as easy to find and the flowers are quite special. Do I even need to say mine have never bloomed?

cecily, my clump is bigger than it's ever been and yesterday I had these delusions of dividing them up and spreading them out in the shaded spot they're in. I can imagine the magical effect, but maybe I should focus on getting them to bloom nicely two years in a row first! Too bad there's no place around here (NEPa) where there's a big naturalized planting. I'd love to see it.

I have a pale yellow Lycoris blooming. It is my first - I received it in a trade for some other bulbs. I had no idea that it bloomed in August so it is a very pleasant surprise. My Rhodophiala bifida should be coming up fairly soon, too.

That's the one that's everywhere here, I thought it was squamigera, but it could quite possibly be of hybrid origin. It came with the yard (4 or 5 large clumps, lost most of them in last years never ending floods, still have two clumps and a few stragglers on the two that mostly died/rotted). They definitely are the earliest and do have those blue highlights...I dunno.

I see deserted lots with rows of radiata blooming..it makes me want to kick something (when mine haven't yet here).

I don’t get it. For many of these it seems river valley is where they naturally grow, yet one wet year and they’re rotting? I think some of mine did the same. A wet fall/winter and they came up weakly and then yellowed early. When i took a look at the bulbs in the summer the roots and basal plate had mosty rotted away. My fingers are crossed some kind of sprout comes up next spring.

Socagal- I laughed a bit when you said the flower was a ‘pleasant surprise’. Maybe I’ll start calling the ’pleasant surprise lilies’ now!

I was looking at the photos and honestly can’t tell many species and hybrids apart. Even the yellows, all I know is one is hardy and might live here while the other would not.

I think it's the flood or famine theory. Most bulbs like to be well-drained, even if they prefer a moist climate. My yard was standing in water for long periods.

I see them around now (only the squamigera) and they usually seem like they are popping out of the ground in forgotten areas. Being in undisturbed, unwatered, uncared for areas seems to suit them. Maybe lack of competition in poor soil helps them.

Hey chinensis has made an appearance and will open in 2 days or so. Flowering seems slim, but other stems may emerge within the next week.

Very nice! Lycoris seem to need a few years to establish before they put on their best show.

Chinensis might be one of my favorites, but probably only because it bloomed twice for me (and only one stalk last year). No signs of anything here.

But.... one of my lycoris incarnata sent up three stems and is looking awesome. Other bulbs are literally five inches away and doing nothing, but this one bulb and it's one neighbor have sent up four stalks all together!

I was joking that my squamigeras are flowering well this year because I threw construction debris and trash around them. Gave them that abandoned lot vibe and made them feel at home.

This is the incarnata (aka peppermint spider lily):

Cecily, I don't think this is nearly as established a planting as at Tryon Palace, but I did think it was magical in its own way as they hovered over the lawn. Give it another twenty years, right?

Chanticleer Gardens outside Philly

Hey, that's a great start! I hope they have hundreds of spring bulbs in that lawn as well.

In about 2-3 weeks, there will be a show like that in my area from the red ones, L. radiata.

My schoolhouse lilies (Rhodophiala bifida) are starting to bloom! I am really looking forward to another one near this to bloom because I collected seeds from it last year, sprouted a few dozen, and don’t know if they are pink or red!

I haven't seen any school house lilies yet, though I've been looking daily. I planted a pink bulb (from a friend) in June, hope it performs this year.

Wow, I've never seen the pink before!