L. humboldtii blooms in brilliant reddish-orange flowers, flecked with maroon. The upper part is clothed in whorls of leaves, and there are 10 to 12 flowers to each stem. This species usually takes two years to bloom after planting.
Lilium henryi ( Aurelian Hybrids Lily )
Aurelian Hybrids bloom in elegant trumpet shapes in shades of golden-yellow, apricot and white with shaded yellow at the center. This is a showy plant for planting in the shrubbery or herbaceous border.
Lilium grayi ( Grayi Lily )
L. grayi has rhizomatous bulbs, and stems bearing whorls of lance-shaped leaves. Produces in midseason, umbels of up to 12 scented, tubular, nodding flowers, red outside, paler inside, with yellow centers, purple spots. Requires moist, acidic soil. There are approximately […]
Lilium duchartrei ( Duchartrei Lily )
L. duchartrei is a stem-rooting lily with rhizomatous bulbs and brown-flushed green stems bearing lance-shaped, stalkless leaves with rough margins. Produces umbels of up to 12 scented, nodding, recurved white flowers, deep purple-spotted inside, and purple-tinged, aging to red outside. […]
Lilium dauricum ( Dauricum Lily )
L. dauricum is a stem-rooting lily with rhizomatous bulbs and brown-spotted green stems. Hairy-margins, lance-shaped to linear leaves. Produces in midseason, umbels of up to 6 medium-sized, unscented, upward-facing, bowl-shaped, deep orange-scarlet flowers, with yellowish orange centers, and hairy stalks. […]
Lilium concolor ( Morning Star Lily )
L. concolor is a stem-rooting lily with reddish-green stems bearing scattered, linear to lance-shaped leaves, slightly hairy on the margins and beneath. Bears racemes or umbels of up to 10 fragrant, upward-facing, star-shaped, glossy scarlet flowers. W. China. There are […]
Lilium chalcedonicum ( Heldreichii Lily )
L. chalcedonicum is a relatively small lily with spirally arranged, lance-shaped, deep green leaves with silver margins, the lower leaves are spreading, the upper ones erect. In midseason, bears racemes of unpleasantly scented, recurved, bright red flowers. Grow in any […]
Lilium catesbaei ( Catesbaei Lily )
L. catesbaei, blooms in two to five orange scarlet flowers spotted with brown on purple stems 18 inches tall. Lilium, a genus of about 80 species. Leaves are lance-shaped, arranged in whorls. The flowers are funnel or bell shaped with […]
Lilium candidum ( Madonna Lily )
Reportedly one of the oldest flowers in civilization, it was depicted in Egyptian and Cretian ruins, the madonna lily grows to a height of 3 to 4 feet tall and has white, trumpet-shaped, mid-spring flowers. This shallow-growing bulb develops rosette […]
Lilium canadense ( Meadow Lily )
L. canadense has rhizomatous bulbs and lance-shaped leaves each with 5 to 7 parallel veins. Produces umbels or occasionally racemes, of up to 30 faintly scented, trumpet-shaped yellow flowers with recurved tips and maroon spots in the centers. There are […]