Species Lilium, Philippine Lily

Very easy to grow lily. It is hardy here in my zone 7b garden. Blooms here around August with a very nice perfume.

I have grown this lily for about 6 years at my home & at the grounds of a museum that I work for. I have a photo of it at 93 inches tall,...Read More with my daughter standing beside it, taken in September. It blooms late and great here and smells wonderful! I grow it among the roses Carefree Beauty & Cecile Brunner, with daylilies mixed it the bed. The seed pods are lovely & are useful in natural arrangements. The seeds look just like sprouted grass so be careful not to destroy them when they come up. A great lily for the cottage garden look.

I started with a couple small plants I dug from a yard and when the seeds dropped I had them everywhere. They look like grass coming up a...Read Morend can be mistaken. They are my husbands favorite, they can get to about 6' tall or more and very eyecatching.

Lilium formosanum phillipinense is a very unusual plant and at 6-8 feet tall, quite a conversation piece. The pure white lillies cluster...Read More 5-6 blooms per stalk. The down side is that when this plant does not get enough sun, it will lean to the light and frequently will fall over. If planted in a sunny area, it will require almost no care. Unless you have a rather tall fence to plant in front of, do expect it to be the dominant feature in your bed. Great for cut flowers - they will out last almost everything else on your mantle.