Easter Lilies
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
Rockingham, Australia
February 25, 2016 9:31pm CST
This is a somewhat out-of-focus photo (and for some reason the bottom is cut off) of what we in Australia call an Easter lily. As far as I'm aware they are called this because they bloom around Easter. We often see them in paddocks where a house might once have stood. They would have been someone's pride and joy once I guess. They are very hardy and come up each year to provide a splash of colour in the paddocks – and some gardens.
So I'm wondering do you have an Easter lily or an Easter anything? In the northern hemisphere it isn't going to bloom around Easter so maybe it has a different name.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
26 Feb 16
@JudyEv We have red ones too. I have a plant but I have yet to flowers on it.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
@allknowing I wonder if they are the same species.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Feb 16
What we call an Easter Lily is always white, and is shaped somewhat like this flower. They are forced into bloom at Easter. When we put them out in the garden they bloom around May.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Feb 16
The lilies that we call Easter lilies are white.
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 16
I don't know if we have them here in the tropical country. I like the Easter lilies, the colors are nice too!
I wonder if they have other colors too.
I'd like to find out more information about them, and tell them to my children - as an Easter activity. 
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@marguicha (215408)
• Chile
6 Mar 16
I´ll check for the name in Spanish. They should bloom around Easter as we both live in the Southern Hemisphere.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 16
We saw heaps more in some paddocks yesterday. They were/are easy to grow so they were popular in the old days when there wasn't much water or time for gardening.
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 17
I have an idea they might have originated in Africa but I'm not sure. They are not a true 'wildflower' but the bulbs have escaped from domestic gardens and now they appear in a number of places, particularly in areas where there was once an old homestead.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
26 Feb 16
@JudyEv No I do not have them.But the lily I have seen is white.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
27 Feb 16
@JudyEv Yes, though there are red ones,it seems white Easter lilies are common.
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@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Mar 16
I think Easter Lilies are beautiful and just you mentioning them here, I now know I will buy some for this Easter to set out on my dining room table.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Feb 16
prob do have, but not really sure, those are really pretty
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Feb 16
@JudyEv question is is it really a "Easter" flower or just called that by stores for marketing purposes
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
26 Feb 16
We buy Easter Lilies (usually white) in bloom and put them out into the garden for the summer. The trick is remembering to bring them in in the fall and they will bloom again the next year in spring if we do everything right,,, Mine usually die but I do give it a try.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
27 Feb 16
@JudyEv Its so cold here most bulbs won't make it over the winter, Some are cold hardy and come up every year but some, the more tropical kinds kick the bucket every time they get left in the garden.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Feb 16
@PainsOnSlate That makes sense then.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
The official name for this is Amaryllis belladonna or the belladonna lily. It is an environment weed in Western Australia.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Feb 16
We have Easter Lillies in the US, they are popular and do bloom at Ester, of course they are hot house grown and are forced to bloom at that time I assume.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
26 Feb 16
Its a pretty flower..... we have something similar in england and spain... but i think they are called amaryllis... but I'm not very knowledgeable in these matters, so it may be they just look the similar, ... as the amaryllis comes out a bit later....
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@Scindhia (1906)
• India
26 Feb 16
We have white lilies blooming here. On the first look, I thought you were pointing something in the ground with that photo because the background is clear and the flower is blurred Then I read your post and understood you were talking about the flowers.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
26 Feb 16
So beautiful flower. I think my mother had one so long ago, but it was colored white with some splashes of yellow.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb 16
It is a pretty flower. The hibiscus you're using as your avatar is spectacular too.
