Lily (Lilium Harlequin) in the Lilies Database

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Division:	I. Asiatic Hybrids

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Flowers:	Showy
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.
Parentage:	Selections from: Mid-century Group

Trade name information:

Trade Name: Harlequin
Cultivar name: 'Harlequin Group'

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Comments:

Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Dec 20, 2013 3:35 AM concerning plant:

According to the book "Lilies," by Jefferson- Brown and Howland: "The Harlequin Strain is reported to have been bred by De Graff by mating L. cernuum with mid century kinds. They were marketed as a mixed range with blush pink, rose, cream, yellow, orange, and red represented. They do have narrower foliage, but are more vigorous than L. cernuum. They faced outwards and some are still marketed today, more than fifty years after introduction, a fair testimony to their vigour,'' but later the quote is contradicted on page 112 as downfacing.

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Posted by Australis (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Zone 10a) on Sep 28, 2019 10:41 PM concerning plant:

According to the RHS Register, there is some debate over the parentage of the Harlequin Group. It cites J. de Graff from LYB 30:27 (1967) as stating that the original 'Harlequin' was a clone selected from the Mid-Century Group and that the later Harlequin Hybrids/Group was completely unrelated and derived from Lilium cernuum X Lilium davidii.

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Plant Events from our members
Australis	On July 22, 2023	Transplanted Moved the surviving 18 seedlings into the garden bed.
Australis	From December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023	Bloomed First two seedlings bloomed in the same pot.
Australis	From September 12, 2020 to October 1, 2020	Seeds germinated 22 seedlings emerged.
Australis	On August 1, 2020	Seeds sown Started 35 seeds from the modern Harlequin strain in a pot.

Discussion Threads about this plant

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