Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: VIII. Other Hybrids

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 4.5 - 5 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Purplish red
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
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.

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Oriental/Trumpet Lily
  • Orienpet Lily
  • OT Lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2011-0708
Tall, beautiful, and loaded with blooms but still not purple and
Location: The Park - full sun garden
Date: 2015-07-12
Moved this clump to the safety of a garden protected with deer me
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2011-0709
Even in shade this is not the purple bloom in the stock photo.
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2012-0701
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2022-08-28
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2013-0531
Deer attacked and ate the buds so we're left with just the leaves
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-01-25
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2023-07-21
Photo by bearsearch
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 4000-11-23
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Sun Garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-07-01
I let annual poppies grow with Lilies.This was a nice happening.P

Date: 2011-07-17
Credit Uleli
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2021-04-22

Collage showing stock photo versus reality.

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies
Photo by edlee1881
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2008-07-28
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: The Park - full sun
Date: 2016-05-11
About 6 weeks after emerging. Nice dark color to the leaves.

Date: 2013-07-29
Credit Uleli
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-18
Finally moved the clump to the safety of The Park. It expanded fr
Location: Gabe's Iris Gardens Charlotte, NC
Date: 2016-06-15
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2006-08-06
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Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2009-1113
Just to show the size of the bulbs.
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-11-19
Fresh From The Mailbox
Photo by bearsearch
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2013-0425
As the bulbs emerge. You can see the old stalks from 2012.
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2011-0706
Not the color shown in the stock photo of it.
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2011-0706
Location: The Park - full sun garden
Date: 2015-07-12
Location: Jim Falls, Wi.
Date: July 29,2011
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Location: My hot sunny back hill garden in Wi.
Date: July 15,2011
First year Deer ate it. This is its second year. Deer pruning doe
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Date: 2013-07-29
Credit Uleli
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-07-19
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-07-19
Location: Kalama, Wa
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-07-29
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2008-08-01
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-07-29
Credit Uleli
Photo by mnorberry
Photo by bearsearch
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-05
Location: Part Shade Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-14
This lily has deeper color with more shade.
Location: Part Shade Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-09
Shown here with Asiatic lily Fata Morgana and Coneflowers.
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