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
Plant Height: 1.5 - 1.9 metres
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Reddish carmine, throat orange-yellow; spots black
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Parentage: Wild-collected

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Common names
  • Lily
Also sold as:
  • Sunset Lily

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Date: c. 1934
illustration from the 1934 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

Date: c. 1934
illustration from the 1934 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Comments:
  • Posted by Lucius93 (Croatia - Zone 9a) on Sep 12, 2021 10:02 AM concerning plant:
    Unacceptable name (name already used for another lily). Collected in the wild in 1931. According to the RHS Lily Register, it could belong to the L. pardalinum subsp. vollmeri.
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Accompanying text from Cooley's 1934 catalog by scvirginia Jun 16, 2020 11:14 PM 0

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