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
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
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
Other: Bulb scaling.
Pollinators: Bees

Image
Common names
  • Lily
  • Slimstem Lily
  • Species Lily

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Photo Courtesy of Shikoku Garden Inc.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2004-08-04
Credit John Lykkegaard

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L

Photo Courtesy of Shikoku Garden Inc.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Lilium callosum Flora Japonica Philipp Franz von Siebold and Jose
Comments:
  • Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Jan 25, 2013 3:23 AM concerning plant:
    Very delicate small flower, not much bigger than a 'cherry'...

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