Habranthus ruber Italy double-flowered lenten rose from the

double-flowered lenten rose from the amazing breeding program of Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne

selected in the wilds of Arizona in 1974 by the late director of Arizona's Desert Botanical Garden

selected for its vigor and showy floral display

providing plenty of stems for arrangements

Habranthus ruber Italy double-flowered lenten rose from theHabranthus ruber is a very rare rain lily species from open fields and woodland edges in the southern Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul, where it was first described in 1970. Although not winter hardy outdoors here in Zone 7b, it is a special collector plant that should be in all serious bulb collections. The small, rain lily size, deciduous bulbs sprout 1' tall spikes for us in mid August, each topped with 1 2 large scarlet orange flowers that