Cahaba Lily

(cahaba lily found at wikimedia commons under creative commons)

     When I looked in the latest Lake Marin Living , I noticed this lily that I started to write about but never got a chance to. They had beat me to the finish. This beautiful and unusual lily is found in the Spider Lily family.  There is a very beautiful website called Cahabalily that talks about this beautiful lily and others.

      Our lovely lily's real name is hymenocallis coronaria  which is also a member of the spider lily family.  This lily is an aquatic flower which grows in damp, wet areas of our region Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. It's an aquatic perennial which can grow in between rocks or shoals!

      This lovely flower grows between May and June. It has the most wonderful fragrance you have ever smelt in your life. The largest stand of this flower is in  Hargrove Shoals,  in a wildlife refuge on the Cahaba River in West Blocton Alabama.  This lily can grow up to three feet in height. It can be one of the largest water type lilies in Alabama.

       I am just now learning about this gracious flower and it's home. The West Blocton and Cahaba River Society brings a special festival called the Cahaba Lily festival each year to the West Blocton Alabama area ( I wish I could go) you can find out more on cahabalily's website.  This festival celebrates the cahaba river's rich and diverse wildlife santuary and many rare and almost extinct animals which live within the West Blocton region, one is the Cahaba pebblesnail. This snail will be featured in the latest Native Animals From Alabama

I found the latest information about West Blocton's Cahaba Lily Festival online...

I hope that you can find more information, go and have a great time!

This festival will be held at the following place you can find details and a phone number here: