Plus, he shares his plant of the week.

So instead of growing up and round like it usually does, it gets really wide and flat.

It almost looks like a tongue depressor, and it’ll keep going up and up and up.

lily

And then finally, when the plant blooms and this is not just with lilies.

Here’s the good news, it doesn’t spread from plant to plant.

It won’t affect your plant the next year.

spider lily

It’s kind of like a one shot deal.

But it’s not the only bulb that does that.

It was first brought here by settlers.

You’ll never know the plant is there.

They just pop up overnight and they’ve just got these blood-red flowers.

They’re really pretty.

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