Asiatic Lily 'Tiger Rose'

I love these, They remind me of pictures of old gardens. I put some in in the very early spring, and they are fast growing and now bloom...Read Moreing, and oh so beautiful. I am excited that they are going to multiply and I can have the in other places in the yard.

I have a plant that appears identical that I believe is a volunteer hybrid between asiatic hybrid lilies (a bag of hybridizers seconds) a...Read Morend the heirloom tiger lilies that have grown on this site since the 19th century.

It is hardy to at least zone 4. (-25F last winter)

I bought bulbs of this plant from Walmart this Spring, and although the bulbs came up in pots as two short plants, they never flowered, o...Read Morenly produced brown bulbils in the leaf axils, which I collected and also potted up. So I'll have to wait until next year so see if it is truly a Pink Tiger.

I have grown Tiger Lilies for years, but have never seen this color, so I was disappointed, but at least the plants have survived this far. They will go into a raised bed this fall, because we usually get 60 inches of rain a year. But this year we will probably get more like 80 or 90 inches--I can't remember the last day it didn't rain here this Spring and Summer in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b.