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
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3-6 feet
Plant Spread: 4-8 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange and strong red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
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.

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Martagon Lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-04
Lily (Lilium martagon 'Arabian Knight'), close up
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-11-15
Uploaded by Silverlake115
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2016-05-30

Date: 2010-05-21
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2015-06-02
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: June 2016
Uploaded by BUGGYCRAZY

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Solaris Farms
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 11-04-2021
Lilium 'Arabian Knight bulbs

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