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
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
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: Self fertile
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

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Common names
  • Double Tiger Lily
  • Lily

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2021-07-27
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2018-08-18
Location: Southern Ontario
Date: 2011-06-17
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2018-08-03
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2007-07-12

Date: July 2018
Location: New York City 
Date: 2023-08-01
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-06-20
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-07-18
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-07-17
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 2005-08-22
Zone 5

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: In My garden. 
Date: 2011-07-18
Double Tiger Lily
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: The Perennial Plant Peddler, Findlay, Ohio
Date: 2017-07-26
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-07-18
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-07-04
July blooms
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2013-08-19
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-06-19
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-06-23
Location: Hood, Alabama
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-09-03
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-01-25
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

Date: c. 1873
illustration from 'Flore des serres et jardins...', 1873
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-07-05
Bloom opening
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2012-07-30

Date: 2009-07-26
Credit KENPEI
Photo by stilldew
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 2005-08-22
Zone 5
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 2005-08-22
Zone 5
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2015-08-01
My yard, zone 6
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-04-12
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-07-12
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2022-06-17
Photo by pinkiris
Location: West Valley City, UT

Credit Denis Barthel

Date: 2009-07-26
Credit KENPEI
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2015-03-23
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-06-28
Photo by pinkiris
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: West Valley City, UT

Date: 2009-07-26
Credit KENPEI
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-06-30
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-06-30
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-02

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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