Lilium martagon ( Album Lily )

L. martagon var. album has bright green stems bearing small white flowers, to 1 1/2 inches across. There are approximately 100 species of lilies. A bulbous perennial, that originated in wooded areas of Europe and Asia, the lily has become […]

Lilium maculatum ( Mahogany Lily )

Leaves are lance-shaped, arranged in whorls. The flowers are funnel or bell shaped with six spreading segments. The hybrid, ‘Mahogany’ blooms in flowers of crimson brown. This is a showy plant for planting in the shrubbery or herbaceous border.

Lilium maculatum ( Alice Wilson Lily )

Leaves are lance-shaped, arranged in whorls. The flowers are funnel or bell shaped with six spreading segments. The hybrid, ‘Alice Wilson’ blooms in flowers of lemon yellow spotted with black. This is a showy plant for planting in the shrubbery […]

Lilium longiflorum ( Easter Lily )

L. longiflorum is a vigorous lily with scattered, lance-shaped, shiny, deep green leaves. Bears in midseason, short racemes of 1 to 6 very fragrant, trumpet-shaped, pure white flowers, with yellow anthers. Widely grown for cut flowers, excellent in containers. Lime-tolerant. […]

Lilium leichtlinii ( Maximowiczii Lily )

L. leichtlinii var. maximowiczii is a vigorous, upright lily with erect stems and linear to lance shaped leaves. Bears racemes, of 1-12 nodding, recurved, brilliant orange-red to brown-red flowers, with marked purplish brown spots and reddish anthers. There are approximately […]

Lilium lancifolium ( Tiger Lily )

L. lancifolium is a robust clump-forming lily with dark purple, often hairy stems. Narrowly lance-shaped leaves have rough margins, the upper ones produce dark purplish black bulbils in the axils. Up to 40 unscented, nodding, orange-red flowers, with dark purple […]

Lilium kelloggii ( Kelloggii Lily )

L. kelloggii blooms with reflexed petals in white, but turns mauve-pink at maturity. They are heavily spotted with maroon and have the fragrance of honey. Does well in Pacific North America and requires a peaty soil in semi shade.

Lilium humboldtii ( Humboldtii Lily )

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 […]