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: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: With some deep purple spots.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Pollinators: Bees
Wind
Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Endangered

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Species Lily

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Date: 2017-06-28

Date: 2022-11-24
Location: Akkus, Turkey
Date: 7 July 1993
Photo courtesy of Ernst Gügel via Wikimedia Commons
Plant Events from our members
Australis From May 9, 2017 to June 9, 2017 Seeds germinated
4 seeds germinated.
Australis On February 26, 2017 Seeds sown
Started six seeds received in SRGC seed exchange.
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