Description
Flowers are arranged in umbel so it is called as football lily and color suggests a name - blood lily.
Scadoxus multiflorus is the scientific name of football lily. This perennial grows from a rhizomatous bulb. It has a false stem as leaves are wrapped together. Leaves may appear after flowering or with them. A false stem can grow up to 60 cm.
Up to 100 individual flowers are produced in an umbel inflorescence.| Common Name | Football lily, blood lily, ball lily, blood flower, Katherine-wheel, oxtongue lily, poison root and powderpuff lily |
| Height | Up to 18 inches |
| Flower Colour | Pink and red shades |
| Bloom Time | Summer to early autumn |
| Difficulty Level | Easy to grow |
Planting and care
- Give at least 2 to 3 hours of sunlight for indoors
- Apply balanced liquid houseplant fertilizer each month during the growing phase
- Reduce watering in late summer
- Remove the spent flowers unless you are collecting the seed
Football Lily care
- It can be planted in containers or in the ground and indoor or outdoor
- Propagation is possible by seed
- Plant the bulbs in spring with equal parts of loam or sandy soil and manure
- Keep spacing of up to 10 inches
- Re-pot occasionally in spring or early summer
| Sunlight | Bright light |
| Watering | Medium |
| Soil | Well-drained growing medium, largely organic in nature |
| Temperature | 10 to 30 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer. |
| Harvest Season | Summer |
Football Lily special feature
Inflorescence
Football Lily uses
Ornamental Use:
- It is grown as an ornamental plant for its brilliantly colored flowers
Culinary Use:
- Harmful after intake