{"id":7901,"date":"2015-08-09T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7901"},"modified":"2015-08-08T22:42:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T02:42:47","slug":"blackberry-lily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/08\/09\/blackberry-lily\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry Lily"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis<\/i>), aka leopard lily, is native to Central Asia, China, Japan and India (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). It derives its name from clusters of shiny black seeds clearly in view as\u00a0individual seed capsules split apart\u00a0as they\u00a0ripen. Its common name is misleading as it is not a lily, but instead a member of the Iris family (Iridaceae).<\/p>\n

The sword-shaped leaves mimic those of gladiolus, also members of the Iris family.\u00a0The medium green leaves measure up to 10 inches length. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet\u00a0tall and bloom in mid to late summer (depending where you live). Flowers average 2 inches across, comprised of 6 orange colored petals\u00a0splashed with\u00a0red dots. Floral sprays\u00a0stand on wiry, naked stems, typically\u00a02-3 feet above the flat fan foliage. Heavy rains tend to topple\u00a0floral stems\u00a0which do not pick themselves back up.<\/p>\n

Two species of blackberry lilies: 1. orange-colored flowers (B. chinensis<\/em>) are most common; 2. unspotted yellow flowers of B. flabellata<\/em> (\u2018Hello Yellow\u2019).\u00a0Latter species\u00a0wants for more shade and water. Individual flowers last only a day.\u00a0Decorative seed capsules are utilized in\u00a0dried floral arrangements in fall.<\/p>\n

Blackberry lilies thrive in average moist well-drained soils and light exposures from partial\u00a0(4-5 hours) to full day sunlight. Plants may be started from\u00a0 seed or from rhizome divisions. In late summer or fall, before capsules fully open, collect seed and sow in a prepared bed about \u00bd inch deep. Seedlings emerge in late spring and usually bloom the first year. Blackberry lilies fail planted in poorly drained ground.<\/p>\n

Clumps slowly expand\u00a0via creeping rhizomes and\u00a0usually not long-lived. They tend to seed-in readily, rarely becoming invasive.<\/p>\n

Blackberry lily requires little maintenance. Few potential diseases and pests are troublesome. Iris borers may attack plant rhizomes. Some plant parts are poisonous, if ingested;\u00a0keep away from young children or pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis), aka leopard lily, is native to Central Asia, China, Japan and India (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). It derives its name from clusters of shiny black seeds clearly in view as\u00a0individual seed capsules split apart\u00a0as they\u00a0ripen. Its common name is misleading as it is not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1087,674,806,1144,551,791,625,843,812,1059,630,706,646,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7905,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7901\/revisions\/7905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}