Lily (Lilium 'Black Beauty') in the Lilies Database

Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division:	VIII. Other Hybrids

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Plant Height:	4 - 6 feet
Leaves:	Other: Herbaceous
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Red
Bloom Size:	2"-3"
Flower Time:	Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Bulb
Uses:	Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Butterflies Hummingbirds
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:	Lilium speciosum var. speciosum X Lilium henryi
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Lily
Orienpet lily
Oriental/Trumpet Lily
OT Lily

Photo Gallery

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-31

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-22

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-07-19

Uploaded by Frenchy21

Location: Miami County Indiana
Date: July 28, 2011
Lilium 'Black Beauty'

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Location: My Gardens
Date: August 6, 2014
A Favorite Of #Butterflies #Pollination

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Location: My Gardens
Date: August 6, 2014
Close Up View In Moderate Shade #Pollination & #Butterflies

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Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: July 15 2022
Always a late bloomer for me

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Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: July 11 2021

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Uploaded by Lucius93

Location: Front Garden, Maryland Zone 7a
Date: 7/15/2014
Lily Black Beauty

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Location: Terrace garden left side, rear - sunny.
Date: 2013-07-24

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: Medina, TN
Date: July 2014
Black Beauty Lily in full bloom

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Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04

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Location: Vicki Hilger's Garden, Vallican, B.C.
Date: 2015-08-09
6:14 pm. Very prominent Anthers and Pistil.

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-26

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-07-12

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Location: Rosetta Tasmania
Date: feb 2011
black beauty

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Location: My Gardens
Date: August 3, 2014
Photo In Dry Shade

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2023-04-07

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Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2016-07-13

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2023-07-16

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Uploaded by Lucius93

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Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2011-0724
Garden setting.

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 27, 2014
Close Up View

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-08-18

Uploaded by Frenchy21

Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2008-0418
Bulbs received from Dutch Gardens.

Uploaded by pirl

Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2013-07-21
It's raining buds!

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Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2014-07-27
Very tall - must be 7' as shown.

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Location: Miami County Indiana
Date: July 24, 2011
Lilium 'Black Beauty'

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Uploaded by RachaelHunter

Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-08-22
In the scented garden

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Location: Vicki Hilger's Garden, Vallican, B.C.
Date: 2015-08-09
6:14 pm. Clearly showing the extreme curvature of the Petals

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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-02-19
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

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Location: ,Front Royal,Va
Date: 2013-07-13
this is a 1st year bloom

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Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2008-08-24
Attractive to butterflies.

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Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2012-04-19
Shedding the stalk from last year. It all happened in 16 seconds

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 12, 2010
Close Up View

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-07-17

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Location: Miami County Indiana
Date: July 22, 2011
Lilium 'Black Beauty'

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-09

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-09-28

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Uploaded by foraygardengirl

Location: My Gardens
Date: July 19, 2011
Close Up View

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Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: Jul 28, 2011

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Uploaded by 4susiesjoy

Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-11-01
6 year old bulb. This was huge! Wish I'd shot it with a quarter f

Uploaded by Joy

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Uploaded by gwhizz

Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-07-15
This is the most I've ever seen Black Beauty open.

Uploaded by stilldew

Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2014-10-03

Uploaded by pirl

Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: July 20, 2014

Uploaded by bxncbx

Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-20

Uploaded by plantrob

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-07-31

Uploaded by Joy

Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2010-07-16

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Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2010-07-12

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Location: Northeastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-07-31
Lilium "Black Beauty" with Monarda

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Location: montana grandiflora garden
Date: 2010-07-16
Showing the height.

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Uploaded by HoodLily

Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-13-11

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-08-09

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-08
Emerging

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2007-07-28

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-20

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-2-06
planted late

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-08-09
#pollination

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-04

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-16

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-08-30

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 11-15-13
fall

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-09-28
moving to new location

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-16

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Location: Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: 18-1-13

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Comments:

Posted by CarolineScott (Calgary - Zone 4a) on Mar 13, 2018 6:51 AM concerning plant:

Why is the Black Beauty Lily described as an Orienpet ?
Is it not an inter species hybrid of L. henri and L. speciosum ?

Or are there several cultivars with this name ?

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Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Oct 1, 2013 5:30 AM concerning plant:

This plant has done very well for me in my zone. Since the blooms face downward, depending on the location, it can need some staking. Does well for me in pots and in the ground. Vigorous and blooms for a long time mid-to-late summer and into early fall. The color is striking.

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Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 3, 2015 10:14 AM concerning plant:

As you can see in my photo, these did need to be staked, but I forgive them. Look at those flowers! These are first-year plants in full sun, in a new bed of clay amended with leaf compost. Maybe they'll be stronger next year, maybe not. I don't mind staking, although I'll probably find a cage rather than the bamboo stakes this year.

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Posted by chelle (N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and Florida - Zone 9b - Zone 9b) on Jul 23, 2012 8:26 AM concerning plant:

This plant seems a bit weak-stemmed and flops in part-sun conditions.

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Plant Events from our members
aspenhill	On October 24, 2015	Obtained plant B&D Lilies - qty 6; FSB
aspenhill	On March 15, 2008	Obtained plant Brent & Becky's Bulbs - qty 5; CG
jmorth	On July 18, 2018	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 12, 2017	Bloomed Got transplanted last fall.
jmorth	On July 9, 2016	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 16, 2014	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 17, 2013	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 4, 2012	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 13, 2011	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 6, 2010	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 14, 2009	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 23, 2008	Bloomed
jmorth	On July 10, 2007	Bloomed
jmorth	On October 2, 2006	Bloomed planted late
piksihk	On July 9, 2022	Bloomed
piksihk	On July 10, 2021	Bloomed One stalk
piksihk	On August 24, 2017	Bloomed 1 bloom after Harvey
piksihk	On July 16, 2016	Bloomed only one stalk with two blooms
piksihk	On November 26, 2015	Transplanted HW front of the Mex. flame vine with other liliums
piksihk	On October 6, 2015	Obtained plant stilldew
piksihk	On August 1, 2015	Bloomed
piksihk	On July 1, 2014	Bloomed
piksihk	On March 1, 2014	Obtained plant pot
lovesblooms	On July 14, 2015	Bloomed
MrsBinWY	On December 25, 2018	Seeds sown lots of seeds from lovesblooms' 2018G; try 3-4 months warm followed by cool
Mellis0821	From July 5, 2019 to July 24, 2019	Bloomed Emerged strongly after move and transplanting

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(Lilium 'Black Beauty') by virginiarose	Jul 13, 2013 5:05 PM	7

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