Evening Star Rainlily is a bulb with fragrant dainty white flowers in the amaryllis family. The flowers open in the evening and last a few days making it an excellent choice for a nighttime garden. The flowers often appear a day or two after a rain. They are fragrant, white aging to pink and showy. Blooming occurs best in full sun but they can tolerate light shade. It is native to prairies and meadows of western and south-central USA and can be used for naturalizing and tolerates mowing. Plant bulbs 2 inches deep in well-drained soil. They spread by bulb offsets and seeds.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.