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)
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
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.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Gold Band Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily
  • Golden-rayed Lily
  • Goudband (Dutch)

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year flower.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year flower.
Location: My Gardens
Date: July 19, 2008
Enormous Blooms
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2010-07-30
Deeply aromatic and beautiful
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year flower.
Location: My Gardens
Date: July 14, 2009
Very Large Flowers
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-11
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-11
Location: My Gardens
Date: July 19, 2008
Blooms Measure 8" Or More
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year flower.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-08-02
Parked in a side street this year, getting an upgrade next year.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-30
First bloom to open!
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-01-18
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-30
First bloom to open!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-03
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-26
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-26
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2016-03-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year bud.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-04-20
All three that I planted Fall 2013 are emerging!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year flower.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year bud.

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year bud.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-08-02
Every garden should have ten.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-07
Second year plant.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-30
First bloom to open!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-27
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-27
Waiting for those buds to bloom!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-27
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2016-04-16
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2008-01-19
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-30
First bloom to open! Showing the side of the flower.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Jul 7, 2015 6:33 PM concerning plant:
    I love this lily and it is my favorite of the ones I've grown over the years!

    I had wanted this particular variety, which I knew as Gold Band, for many years because it is very beautiful. More than a decade ago I had ordered several bulbs of this variety from a company that sold lilies, as well as other perennials and bulbs, but they didn't bloom as the correct variety, to my disappointment. I'd had a lot of disappointments of lilies not sprouting over the years, so I didn't plant any more after that. I think it was because the critters found the bulbs and ate them or because of the soil conditions I gave them.

    One day in 2013, I saw a pic on ATP of Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum that @chelle had posted and I was in love. I just had to have these beauties growing and blooming in my yard. I ordered three bulbs from Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs the fall of 2013, and I was beyond ecstatic the spring of 2014, as I finally got the beautiful blooms in my garden! This year, they're even better, larger and taller. I'm pretty sure that an additional stem sprouted up!

    When I planted them, I amended the soil to their liking and added crushed oyster shells to the planting hole to deter the critters from getting these treasures.
  • Posted by TBGDN (Indiana - Zone 5a) on Dec 5, 2013 12:43 PM concerning plant:
    This is an enormous bloom with a unique combination of characteristics. First, its size is almost 10 inches across. Although outward facing, their weight seems to make them want to bow to a downward position. The colors are very appealing, with golden yellow bands flowing down each petal and sepal center. The burgundy freckles complete the picture.

    As much as I've tried to grow this cultivar over the years, it simply does not survive more than a couple of years. We have loads of differing lilies which thrive here. This leads me to believe our USDA Zone 5a/b might be the problem, or possibly our soil pH.
Plant Events from our members
chelle On November 3, 2014 Transplanted
Replacement stock planted S hill in burgundy fence bed, NE and front.
chelle On October 30, 2014 Obtained plant
Replacement stock.
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