Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: II. Martagon Hybrids

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Plant Height: 1.2 m (4 feet)
Plant Spread: 25 cm (10 inches)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early 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.
Parentage: Unknown

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Martagon lily

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Location: Maine
Location: my front yard
Date: 2019-06-12
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Where
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: June 2016
Location: Scampston Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-30
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2022-06-26
Photo by kniphofia
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-11-15

photo credit: Uleli
Photo by MAINIAC
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: June 2016
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2020-01-12
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-05
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-03
Photo by Joebass
Location: Longwood Gardens 2011
Date: 2010-05-21

Date: 2016-06-20
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2018-06-15
First year to bloom
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-05
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2012-06-10
Local plant show

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-05-23
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lilium "claude" by randycarney Oct 20, 2017 8:25 AM 2

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