Henry's Lily (Lilium henryi) in the Lilies Database

Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division:	IX. Species and Species Cultivars

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) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height:	5-8 feet
Plant Spread:	18-24 inches
Leaves:	Other: Herbaceous
Fruiting Time:	Fall
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Orange Yellow
Bloom Size:	2"-3"
Flower Time:	Summer 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.
Pollinators:	Bees
Containers:	Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM

Common names

Henry's Lily
Lily
Trumpet Lily
Gold Henryi
Yellow Henryi
Species Lily

Botanical names

Accepted: Lilium henryi
Synonym: Lilium henryi var. citrinum

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Uploaded by Legalily

Location: My Gardens
Date: August 6, 2014
Close Up View In Overcast #Pollination #Butterflies #Lilium

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2023-06-29

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-04

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-03

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Location: Redwood City, CA
Date: 2008-08-17
Filoli Historic House & Garden

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-13

Uploaded by jmorth

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Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 07/28/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo

Uploaded by scvirginia

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-08-01
Hawkmoth

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2005

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-08-01
the Gold variant of L. henryi

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: My Gardens
Date: July 13, 2010
Blooms On 8' Stem

Uploaded by TBGDN

Date: c. 1937
photo from the 1937 catalog, Yerex Bulb Gardens, Tigard, Oregon

Uploaded by scvirginia

Location: Shade Garden
Date: July 22, 2011
Lilium, henryi

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Uploaded by Joy

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2023-04-07

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: My Gardens
Date: July 22, 2009
8 Foot Bloom Stalk

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Location: My Gardens
Date: August 4, 2014
Close Up View

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-10-17

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-08-03
the yellow variant of L. henryi

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Rosetta- Tasmania
Date: december
henryi

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Uploaded by dellac

Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 2009-07-30
Zone 5

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: Home
Date: 2022-04-24
Emerging growth, in various stages.

Uploaded by ShawnSteve

Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2013-07-24

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-07-12

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Uploaded by Claudia

Location: My Gardens
Date: July 22, 2009
Back Of Bloom

Uploaded by TBGDN

Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: July 2006
This is the yellow form, formerly known as L. henryi var. citrinu

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Uploaded by BUGGYCRAZY

Date: 2012-07-20
Credit Patrick Ch. Apfeld

Uploaded by admin

Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2007

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Uploaded by Nhra_20

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-04

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: 22 Jan 2012
henryi var citrinum

Uploaded by gwhizz

Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2015-10-29
The shell of the seed is still attached to the first shoot. Plea

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Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: My backyard,Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: dec 2010
henryi

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 7-13-12

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Uploaded by dellac

Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2008

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Uploaded by Claudia

Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-10-21
Gold Henry on the right

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Uploaded by Ispahan

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-10

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-03

Uploaded by plantrob

Lilium henryi var. citrinum Davids Hercbergs

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-10-05

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Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: July 15, 2012
photo by James Steakley

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 7-24-14
There's a praying mantis inside the recurved petals.

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Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-16

Uploaded by CLUSIANA

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-10
large leaves, nothing like the mature foliage, on seedlings

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-07-31

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-10-09

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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-05

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Uploaded by Claudia

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Comments:

Posted by Lucius93 (Croatia - Zone 9a) on Jul 19, 2020 5:02 AM concerning plant:

Very beautiful and durable lily, one of my favourites. They have the longest blooming season here of all lilies due to high bud count. Great for beginners.

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Posted by Claudia (Greencastle IN - Zone 5b) on Sep 24, 2013 7:29 PM concerning plant:

I have had this lily in my garden for 3 years now and have found it to be very hardy. I have them planted in an area where I am not able to water at all. They require no care or attention at all on my part. It is a simple but very charming lily.

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Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on May 21, 2014 10:31 PM concerning plant:

The yellow form of Lilium henryi is known as L. henryi var. citrinum. This is important to know if you are looking for the yellow form. Now it is designated as a synonym of L. henryi.

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Posted by Ispahan (Chicago - Zone 6a) on Jul 4, 2012 9:58 AM concerning plant:

This incredibly hardy and adaptable lily was described by Gertrude Jekyll as being "indestructible." My first year stems are 5 feet tall with 3-9 buds per stem and growing in one of the harshest and driest areas of my garden in this hot, droughty year. Color is a delightful medium orange with highlights of golden yellow, with abundant raised papillae and wonderful green nectaries. A perfect cottage garden lily!

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Plant Events from our members
jmorth	On July 11, 2019	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 18, 2018	Bloomed the Orange L. henryi
jmorth	On July 8, 2017	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 2, 2016	Bloomed The one formerly known as 'gold' henryi bloomed 7-19-16
jmorth	On July 12, 2015	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 7, 2014	Bloomed
MrsBinWY	On May 26, 2018	Transplanted On 5-26-2018, planted 4 in the cat house bed.
MrsBinWY	On May 26, 2018	Transplanted On 5-26-2018, planted 4 in the cat house bed.
MrsBinWY	On February 9, 2018	Seeds germinated 1; observed 2 more on 2-27-18 (Planted these out in 2018. They came back in 2019, but I didn't give them enough care to survive.)
MrsBinWY	On December 16, 2017	Seeds sown 6-8 commercial seeds from Lalambchop1, milk jug, room temperature
ShawnSteve	On April 24, 2022	Plant emerged From Brent & Becky's, starting new growth, from five Lilium bulbs.
ShawnSteve	On April 6, 2022	Potted up Five bulbs, ex. Brent & Becky's. One, already showing growth. (Green label to easily identify them, was included.)

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Henry's Lily (Lilium henryi)