General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 6 - 8 feet
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Giant Lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Chirk Castle, Wales
Date: 1913
photo [as Lilium giganteum] from 'The Garden', August 2, 1913
Location: Western Washington
Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
Date: 2011-08-18
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2022-12-16
Cardiocrinum giganteum bloom, with a watchful New Zealand native
Location: Chanticleer gardens PA
Date: 2014-06
Giant Lily in Asian woods
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-07
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2013-04-14
An offset from a flowered bulb in 2005 bursting into leaf after w

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L
Location: Chanticleer gardens PA
Date: 2014-06
Giant Lily in Asian woods
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-06-18
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-10-21
Location: western Washington
Date: 2013-04-01
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-03-08
Photo at Northwest Garden Nursery, Eugene, Oregon
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2013-08-15
Location: Western washington
Date: 2013-08-15
Location: Wester Washington
Date: 2013-04-17
Location: Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: october
cardiocrinum foliage[5yrs]
Comments:
  • Posted by springcolor (Washington State - Zone 7a) on Apr 17, 2013 9:38 PM concerning plant:
    Looks like I'm going to have a bloom this year. Plant is sending up a stalk.
  • Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Oct 24, 2011 9:07 PM concerning plant:
    This is a 12-foot lily, with 12-inch lilium-like blooms and a stem that resembles bamboo. I was hoping for some flowers this year (after 5 years), but it looks like next year maybe.

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