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
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: White and lavender
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.
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Shirui Lily
  • Species Lily
  • Manipur Lily

Photo Gallery
Photo by dellac
Photo by Steve2020
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-05-13
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: July
Lilium mackliniae

Date: 2007-05-19
Credit Tabish Qureshi
Photo by dellac

Credit Thorkild Poulsen

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-05-07
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-11-04
Bulb
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