Pink Rain Lily

Zephyranthes grandiflora

Pink Rain Lily is a bulb for bulb layer, edging, suited to full sun to partial shade and loam or moist ground, flowering Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 25 cm, it sits best along the front edge, where a low, spreading habit reads best. Give it about 20 cm of room to spread, roughly 5 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 7a to 10b, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, wet soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Pink Rain Lily's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• It copes with ground that stays wet, which most border plants will not.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Abelia 'Kaleidoscope'for height behind it
• Bottlebrush 'Little John'for height behind it
• Cape Plumbagofor height behind it
• Pittosporum 'Wheeler's Dwarf'for height behind it
• Purple Hopseed Bushfor height behind it
• Basket-of-goldto edge in front

Garden styles

Coastal Foundation planting Mediterranean