Zephyranthes - Named Hybrids and Cultivars

Named Hybrids and Cultivars

annotated where possible

• 'Ajax' – Z. candida × Z. citrina
• 'Apricot Queen' – apricot color hybridized by T. Howard
• 'Aquarius' – Z. candida × 'Ajax'
• 'Bali Beauty' – Fadjar Marta hybrid
• 'Bangkok' – yellow flowers
• 'Batik' – Fadjar Marta hybrid offered by Plant Delights Nursery (PDN) in North Carolina
• 'Bayberry Bells'
• 'Becky Sellars' – cherry red
• 'Benidama' – pink
• 'Best Pink' – trihybrid (Z. candida × Z. citrina × Z. macrosiphon) pink
• 'Big Shot' – Z. traubii hybrid, ivory white
• 'Big Dude'
• 'Bronze Beauty'
• 'Capricorn' – hybridized by T. Howard, orange
• 'Carmen Jones' – red
• 'Cherry Fireball' – red, fades to pink
• 'Confection'
• 'Cookie'Cutter Moon' – Yucca Do release, white (excellent parent)
• 'Copper Mine' – Marta hybrid, orange, Plants Delight Nursery (PDN) release
• 'Dark Pink Spider' – F1 fertile Z. carinata hybrid
• 'El Cielo'
• 'Ellen Korsakoff'
• 'Fadjar's Pink' – Marta hybrid
• 'Fadjar's Pink' × Z. primulina – excellent Frechette hybrid
• 'Fadjar's Pink' × Z. regina – very fast growing Frechette hybrid
• 'Fantasy Island' – Marta hybrid, PDN release
• 'Fireball' – swirly orange and red (fades to white)
• 'Goliath' – PDN release – fertile Z. carinata hybrid
• 'Grand Canyon'
• 'Grandjax'
• 'Horsetail Falls' – usually distributed as a cultivar, this species originally a collected plant (Z. lindleyana), large leaves & bulb
• 'Ivory Star' – ivory (apomictic)
• 'Jacala Crimson' – bred from Z. katherinae
• 'Jakarta Jewel' – Marta hybrid, double, center petals reduced in size
• 'Java' – Marta hybrid PDN release, bright orange, yellow throat hold color well
• 'Jim Frechette' – F1 fertile Z. carinata, fast offset, blooms 1 year from seed
• 'JoAnn Trial' – hybridized by Marta
• 'Krakatau' – Marta hybrid, red orange
• 'La Siberica'
• La Bufa Rosa Group, formerly 'La Bufa Rosa' (frequently incorrectly spelt, e.g. "Labuffarosa")
• 'Laredo Yellow'
• 'Libra'
• 'Lily Pies' – selection from La Bufa Rosa Group
• 'Lydia Luckman' – Marta hybrid, pink yellow blend
• 'Manning's Hybrid' – parent includes Z. robusta
• 'Michelle Casillas' – neon yellow hybrid
• 'Moulin Rouge' – PDN release (double) pink and yellow blend
• 'Norma Pearl' – intergeneric cross – white
• 'Orange Big Shot × Pink Big Shot' – ('Big Shot' × Z. macrosiphon)
• 'Orange Big Shot' – orange
• 'Panama Pink' – Zephyranthes × flaggii
• 'Paul Niemi' – Marta hybrid, orange (apomictic)
• 'Pink Spider' – Fertile F1 Z. carinata × 'El Cielo'
• 'Pink Panther' – selection from La Bufa Rosa Group
• 'Prairie Sunset' – apricot-fades white, also sold as "copper rain lily"
• 'Redneck Romance' – hybridized by Tony Avent
• 'Rosea'
• 'Ruth Page'
• 'Salinas' - refers to collection site in Ecuador. White flowers (not Z candida)
• 'Salmon Big Shot' – salmon pink, 'Big Shot' parentage
• 'San Carlos' – exceptionally fragrant, white
• 'Shannon Hill' – wine-pink hybrid of Z. clintae, non-fading
• 'Shannon Hill × South Pacific' – Marta hybrid, introduced by PDN
• 'Starfrost'
• 'Summer's Chill'
• 'Sunset Strain' – yellow w/red stripes (apomictic)
• 'Tall Pink' – fertile F1 Z. carinata hybrid
• 'Teddy Buhler'
• 'Tenexico' – may be a natural hybrid? Yucca Do release – small flowered apricot
• 'Tenexio Apricot'
• 'Trihybrid' – marginally fertile
• 'Twinkle'
• 'Twisted Sister' – Yucca Do release, pastel apricot fades to ivory-white
• 'Valles Yellow' – this is the original name of Z. reginae and is not a hybrid or cultivar
• 'White Swan'
• 'XZB-H21' – Fellers hybrid not in commerce – white
• 'Yellow Big Shot' – ('Big Shot' × Z. citrina)