Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: VII. Oriental Hybrids

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 1 - 1.5 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: With veins yellow tipped red
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
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.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Dwarf Oriental lily
  • Oriental lily
  • Oriental pot lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Maine
Date: 2011-08-04
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-03-23
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-08-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-08
Location: Michigan (Zone 6b)
Date: 2021-07-27
bulbs planted Late Summer, 2020;  & then more Spring, 2021
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2010-08-14
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my Mom's garden
Date: 2011-08-10
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-07-13
Very short it's first year in the garden
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-07-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-17-12
grown in a pot
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2019-07-04
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2006-08-09
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-07-16
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2016-07-14

Date: 2021-07-12
Garden party
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-06-20
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-12-03
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-08-06
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-08-05
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