This genus includes the Kaffir lily, formerly known as Schizostylis, with wonderful cup-shaped flowers, usually red or pink, but sometimes white, opening in turn along the upright stems, and appearing in autumn above green, keeled, strappy foliage. Excellent for flower colour at a time when there is not much of it in the garden, and continuing to flower well into winter.

Hesperantha (Schizostylis) coccinea covers plants with either with gorgeous, scarlet, open, cup-shaped flowers, or equally gorgeous, pink, open, cup-shaped flowers.