Neysastore 25+ Michiganese Lilium Lily Flower Seeds Perennial

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in well-drained soil and best in partial shade; can be grown in a pot in a sheltered shady position, see growing lilies in containers for further information

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown, when ripe, in containers in a cold frame or separate offsets after the foliage dies down

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Cut Flowers Flower borders and beds Wall-side Borders City & Courtyard Gardens Cottage & Informal Garden

How to care

Pruning

Remove seed heads unless required and cut down stems once foliage dies down

Pests

Aphids, slugs and lily beetle may be a problem, plants in pots are vulnerable to vine weevil

Diseases

Grey moulds and a virus may cause problems. See lily diseases

Other common names

Japanese Turk's cap lily

Family

Liliaceae

Genus

Lilium are bulbous perennials with erect stems bearing whorled or spirally arranged leaves and terminal racemes or umbels of bowl-shaped, trumpet-shaped, funnel-shaped or turk's cap shaped flowers, often fragrant, and white, yellow, orange or red

Details

L. hansonii is a vigorous early-flowering turkscap lily producing racemes of up to 12 small, fragrant, brilliant orange-yellow flowers, 3-4cm across, with thick, recurved tepals, spotted purplish-brown near the bases in early summer