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
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 - 6 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
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: Lilium speciosum var. speciosum X Lilium henryi

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

Photo Gallery
Location: central Illinois Date: 2009-07-31
Location: central Illinois Date: 2009-07-22
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA Date: 2017-07-19
Location: My Gardens Date: August 6, 2014 A Favorite Of #Butterflies #Pollination
Location: My Gardens Date: August 6, 2014 Close Up View In Moderate Shade #Pollination & #Butterflies
Date: 2015-07-24
Location: East border Date: July 2014
Location: Miami County Indiana Date: July 28, 2011 Lilium 'Black Beauty'
Location: Gardenfish garden Date: July 11 2021
Date: 2021-07-12
Location: Front Garden, Maryland Zone 7a Date: 7/15/2014 Lily Black Beauty
Location: SunZone 6a Date: 2013-07-27
Location: Terrace garden left side, rear - sunny. Date: 2013-07-24
Location: KALAMA WA
Location: Medina, TN Date: July 2014 Black Beauty Lily in full bloom
Date: 2017-07-19
Location: Rosetta Tasmania Date: feb 2011 black beauty
Location: My Gardens Date: August 3, 2014 Photo In Dry Shade
Location: KALAMA WA Date: 2020-07-29
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5 Date: 2016-07-13
Location: Vicki Hilger's Garden, Vallican, B.C. Date: 2015-08-09 6:14 pm. Very prominent Anthers and Pistil.
Date: 2021-04-06
Location: My Gardens Date: July 27, 2014 Close Up View
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains) Date: 2021-07-12
Location: Terrace garden left side. Date: 2008-0418 Bulbs received from Dutch Gardens.
Date: 2021-10-12
Date: 2021-05-05
Location: ,Front Royal,Va Date: 2013-07-13 this is a 1st year bloom
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day. Date: 2011-0724 Garden setting.
Location: South Dakota Date: 2012-07-19
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA Date: 2017-08-18
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2013-07-21 It's raining buds!
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2012-04-19 Shedding the stalk from last year. It all happened in 16 seconds
Photo by DianeSeeds
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day. Date: 2014-07-27 Very tall - must be 7' as shown.
Location: Miami County Indiana Date: July 22, 2011 Lilium 'Black Beauty'
Location: Miami County Indiana Date: July 24, 2011 Lilium 'Black Beauty'
Location: SunZone 6a Date: 2013-07-27
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK Date: 2020-08-22 In the scented garden
Location: Vicki Hilger's Garden, Vallican, B.C. Date: 2015-08-09 6:14 pm. Clearly showing the extreme curvature of the Petals
Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin Date: Jul 28, 2011
Location: My Garden Date: 2013-08-30
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Date: 2008-11-01 6 year old bulb. This was huge! Wish I'd shot it with a quarter f
Location: Northern Germany Date: 2003-02-19 SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Date: 2016-07-14
Photo by Windigo
Date: 2007-08-02 Credit KENPEI
Location: Virginia Date: 2012-07-07
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2008-08-24 Attractive to butterflies.
Location: Northeastern Pennsylvania Date: 2013-07-31 Lilium "Black Beauty" with Monarda
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2010-07-16 Showing the height.
Location: My Gardens Date: July 12, 2010 Close Up View
Location: central Illinois Date: 2011-07-17
Location: central Illinois Date: 2011-04-08 Emerging
Location: central Illinois Date: 2012-07-09
Location: central Illinois Date: 2016-09-28
Photo by sedumzz
Location: My Yard Date: 2012-07-16
Location: East border Date: August
Location: My Gardens Date: July 19, 2011 Close Up View
Location: My Gardens Date: July 19, 2011 Close Up View
Photo by Ispahan
Date: 2021-07-08
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2012-07-20
Location: -Tasmania Date: 24-1-14
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5 Date: 2015-07-15 This is the most I've ever seen Black Beauty open.
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day. Date: 2014-10-03
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY Date: July 20, 2014
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania Date: 2015-07-20
Credit Thorkild Poulsen
Credit peganum
Date: 2013-08-18 Credit Kelvinsong
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Date: 2006-07-31
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA Date: 2017-07-19
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2010-07-16
Location: montana grandiflora garden Date: 2010-07-12
Location: central Illinois Date: 8-13-11
Location: central Illinois Date: 10-2-06 planted late
Location: central Illinois Date: 2008-08-09
Location: my garden Date: 2014-07-07
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Date: 2007-07-28
Photo by jmorth
Location: Home Garden Date: 2016-07-23
Photo by tggfisk
Location: central Illinois Date: 2008-08-09 #pollination
Location: central Illinois Date: 2014-07-04
Location: Mackinaw, IL Date: July 2010
Location: South Dakota Date: 2012-07-18
Location: central Illinois Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Virginia Date: 2012-07-07
Location: central Illinois Date: 2008-08-30
Location: central Illinois Date: 11-15-13 fall
Location: central Illinois Date: 2016-09-28 moving to new location
Location: Tennessee Date: 2013-08-28
Location: Tennessee Date: 2013-08-28
Photo by BUGGYCRAZY
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-04-16
Photo by stilldew
Location: My Garden Date: 2013-08-29
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Date: 2008-11-01 6 year old bulb. This was huge! Wish I'd shot it with a quarter f
Location: Rosetta -Tasmania Date: 18-1-13
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Comments:
  • Posted by CarolineScott (Calgary - Zone 4a) on Mar 13, 2018 6:51 AM concerning plant:
    Why is the Black Beauty Lily described as an Orienpet ?
    Is it not an inter species hybrid of L. henri and L. speciosum ?

    Or are there several cultivars with this name ?
    1 reply
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Oct 1, 2013 5:30 AM concerning plant:
    This plant has done very well for me in my zone. Since the blooms face downward, depending on the location, it can need some staking. Does well for me in pots and in the ground. Vigorous and blooms for a long time mid-to-late summer and into early fall. The color is striking.

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  • Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 3, 2015 10:14 AM concerning plant:
    As you can see in my photo, these did need to be staked, but I forgive them. Look at those flowers! These are first-year plants in full sun, in a new bed of clay amended with leaf compost. Maybe they'll be stronger next year, maybe not. I don't mind staking, although I'll probably find a cage rather than the bamboo stakes this year.
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  • Posted by chelle (N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b and Florida) on Jul 23, 2012 8:26 AM concerning plant:
    This plant seems a bit weak-stemmed and flops in part-sun conditions.
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Plant Events from our members
aspenhill On October 24, 2015 Obtained plant
B&D Lilies - qty 6; FSB
aspenhill On March 15, 2008 Obtained plant
Brent & Becky's Bulbs - qty 5; CG
jmorth On July 18, 2018 Bloomed
jmorth On July 12, 2017 Bloomed
Got transplanted last fall.
jmorth On July 9, 2016 Bloomed
jmorth On July 16, 2014 Bloomed
jmorth On July 17, 2013 Bloomed
jmorth On July 4, 2012 Bloomed
jmorth On July 13, 2011 Bloomed
jmorth On July 6, 2010 Bloomed
jmorth On July 14, 2009 Bloomed
jmorth On July 23, 2008 Bloomed
jmorth On July 10, 2007 Bloomed
jmorth On October 2, 2006 Bloomed
planted late
piksihk On July 10, 2021 Bloomed
One stalk
piksihk On August 24, 2017 Bloomed
1 bloom after Harvey
piksihk On July 16, 2016 Bloomed
only one stalk with two blooms
piksihk On November 26, 2015 Transplanted
HW front of the Mex. flame vine with other liliums
piksihk On October 6, 2015 Obtained plant
stilldew
piksihk On August 1, 2015 Bloomed
piksihk On July 1, 2014 Bloomed
piksihk On March 1, 2014 Obtained plant
pot
lovesblooms On July 14, 2015 Bloomed
MrsBinWY On December 25, 2018 Seeds sown
lots of seeds from lovesblooms' 2018G; try 3-4 months warm followed by cool
Mellis0821 From July 5, 2019 to July 24, 2019 Bloomed
Emerged strongly after move and transplanting
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(Lilium 'Black Beauty') by virginiarose Jul 13, 2013 5:05 PM 7

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