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)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 to 36 inches (60-90 cm)
Plant Spread: 6 to 8 inches (15-20 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 8 weeks if you sow indoors
Depth to plant seed: Cover the seeds with thin layer of soil
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Foxtail Lily
  • Desert Candle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eremurus stenophyllus subsp. stenophyllus
  • Synonym: Eremurus bungei
  • Synonym: Eremurus stenophyllus var. bungei

Photo Gallery
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: Lily fence - full sun
Date: 2010-0604
Location: Lily fence - full sun
Date: 2010-1213
Location: Iron gate
Date: 2012-0601
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Port Hope Ontario Canada
Date: 2005
Eremurus bungei		beautiful in a garden

Date: 2009-06-25
Location: Lily fence - full sun
Date: 2012-0526
Location: Lily fence - full sun
Date: 2012-0526
Blooms with late May clematises.
Location: Iron gate
Date: 2012-0314
Location: Lily fence - full sun
Date: 2010-0604
Uploaded by DianeSeeds
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-05-17
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2005 August
Eremurus bungei		closed seedpods
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Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On December 9, 2017 Obtained plant
MissMew On August 10, 2022 Transplanted
Moved to between two Ligularia near fence. Marked with stake.
MissMew On May 22, 2020 Transplanted
In front of middle cypress
MissMew On May 13, 2020 Obtained plant
Suzanne NVK
antsinmypants On April 11, 2024 Miscellaneous Event
Placed in moist paper towel. (3)
antsinmypants On April 21, 2023 Seeds sown
Sown after 24-hour soak. Stratify if no germination.
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