Gloriosa simplex Nerium Like a rhododendron

Like a rhododendron

where this isn't reliably hardy

squatty head

a superb specimen plant

Yucca x gloriosa 'Variegata' is a great addition to the perennial border and deserves a special place in the dry garden

Gloriosa simplex Nerium Like a rhododendron(aka: Gloriosa plantii, Gloriosa superba 'Plantii') Gloriosa simplex is an amazingly showy species of the African native gloriosa lily. The 8' tall, twining deciduous vine is covered from June through summer (NC) with clusters of 3" flowers, each consisting of six red ruffled petals, highlighted by a dramatic yellow border that ages to cream. There are few plants better to beautify an ugly fence than gloriosa lilies. Like their cousins, colchicums