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 […]

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 […]