Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
| Division: |
IX. Species and Species Cultivars
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General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Bloom Size: |
6"-12"
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Underground structures: |
Bulb
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Toxicity: |
Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
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- Accepted: Lilium longiflorum var. longiflorum
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. takeshima
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. eximium
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. insulare
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. nobile
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. vittatum
- Synonym: Lilium longiflorum var. wilsonii
Posted by
FleudeLisCanna (Tenterfield NSW Australia) on Jan 24, 2015 7:06 PM concerning plant:
Lilium longiflorum var. longiflorum, originating in Japan, is a beautiful and easy-care white lily to add to your garden. It is often referred to as the "Easter Lily."
It is a hermaphrodite and produces true from seed, although it takes a few years to reach flowering maturity.
Distribution is now worldwide, but it did become very scarce after the 1940s and valuable during WWII.
Easy to grow from root division from a larger clump, or from the bountiful seeds it produces after flowering.
The seeds will readily spread by wind, as they are very light. Some "high" country areas in Nth NSW, Australia (known as the New England because of its cold winters and its temperate springs and summers) have them growing along the highway where they have escaped from gardens and have naturalized over the last 120 years.
If you do not want excess lily plants coming up throughout your garden, it is advisable to remove the seed pods before ripening.
Plant Events from our members
| FleudeLisCanna |
From January 1, 2015 to June 1, 2015 |
Miscellaneous Event
I have had this species Lilim growing for a number of years. My original (very large) root/corm division came from an extremely old garden that sadly no longer exists, due to road development in the area of the highway where it was. Both the house & gardens were long ago demolished.
Many plants from the garden 'escaped', including the liliums as they naturalise' very easily due to the nature of their many, many seeds.
I also have other hybrid liliums in my garden in close proximity to these .. I am collecting seeds & bulbils from all of them in the hope of some interesting crosses. I might find out in a year or two, or three or four!
Anyone else trying this? What have your results been? |
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