Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: VI. Trumpet and Aurelian Hybrids

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: 4 - 6 ft.
Plant Spread: 12 in.
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Sold as a strain. Bloom color can vary as to depth of pink.
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: 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
Bulbs
Other: Bulb scaling.
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Selections from seedlings of Lilium leucanthum var. centifolium X Lilium sargentiae
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Pink Perfection
Cultivar name: 'Pink Perfection Group'
Common names
  • Lily
  • Trumpet Lily Group

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-06-21
at sunset
Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2013
Multiple Blooms
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-06-29
Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2021-06-21
Pink Perfection Trumpet
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2016-07-07
Nice dark specimen from the strain.
Photo by 4susiesjoy
Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2022-06-28

Date: 2023-06-27

Date: 2021-05-05
Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-06-21
Location: Sun Garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-07-01

Date: 2023-06-01
Location: Arcata, CA 95521
Date: 2010-07-09

Date: 2021-06-16
Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2022-06-28
Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-06-23

Date: May 29, 2008
Photo by Roosterlorn
Photo by Roosterlorn

Date: 2023-06-10
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: Summer 2008

Date: 2023-06-27
Location:  -Tasmania
Date: 27-12-13

Date: 2006-08-01
Credit Ulf Eliasson

Date: 2021-06-15

Date: Jun 2, 2008
Location: Sun Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-06
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2006-08-10
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: c. 1966
photo from the 1966 catalog, Star Roses, West Grove, Pennsylvania
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-06-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25

Date: 2023-06-10

Date: 2023-06-10
Photo by Newyorkrita

Date: 2021-10-12

Date: 2021-04-14
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-06-29

Date: 2021-06-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2004-03-07
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-12
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden 
Date: 2015-05-22
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2006-08-05
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by mnorberry
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-8-12

Date: 2021-06-06
Location: My garden WG pot
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: July 2013
Location: central Illinois
Date: 7-9-13
Photo by Cem9165
Location: central Illinois
Date: Nov 2013
fall color of leaves and stem
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-9-12
w/ visitor

Photo courtesy of Crossview Gardens
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2008-07-13
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2021-06-21
Location: kitchener
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-10
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden 
Date: 2015-05-23

Date: August
credit: Ulf Eliasson
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-22-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-22-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-07-02
Photo by joy
  • Uploaded by joy
Photo by joy
  • Uploaded by joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 6-18-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-15
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: 2012-06-14 
'Pink Perfection' buds on first year stems.  Very tall (nearly 6
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: My garden pot WG
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
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Comments:
  • Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on Nov 16, 2013 2:42 PM concerning plant:
    The original seed parent for the Pink Perfection lily strain was lost in a Willamette Valley flood. The bulbs sold on the market today are far removed from the parent that produced the much admired pink and fine inflorescence that a buyer would expect when looking at the photographs (and even the descriptions) used by vendors today. Buyers are disappointed when they receive bulbs that bloom almost white or just a light pink mostly around the margins. It would be wonderful if a breeder could come up with a new parent that would produce a stable, reliable strain like the old 'Pink Perfection'.
  • Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on Nov 11, 2011 3:48 PM concerning plant:
    Pink Perfection is sold as a strain so expect some variation in color. I was fortunate and got one that was quite dark pink.
  • Posted by Ispahan (Chicago - Zone 6a) on Jun 30, 2012 7:52 PM concerning plant:
    So far, I have been quite disappointed with this strain. Out of 25 bulbs, only one plant produced flowers that are noticeably pink. All of them are very tall (6 feet) in their first year and very lanky and floppy, in spite of being planted in full, all day sun. Fragrance is evident only at night.
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On July 12, 2023 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
piksihk On May 23, 2019 Bloomed
piksihk On September 29, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
3 seed pods collected
piksihk On May 17, 2018 Bloomed
3 stalks with blooms
piksihk On May 22, 2015 Bloomed
There are 3 stalks/plants
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