Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: Purple-pink to brown on the outside.
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Hong Kong Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily

Photo Gallery

Date: 1913
photo from 'The Garden', August 16, 1913

Date: c. 1912
photo from 'The Garden', November 2, 1912

Date: c. 1845
illustration from 'Flore des serres et jardins...', 1845

Credit Denis Barthel

Credit John Lykkegaard

Date: 2006-06-30
Credit Denis Barthel

Lilium brownii A monograph of the genus Lilium; illustrated by W.

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