Lilium lancifolium
(Tiger Lily)
Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Origin - China, Japan, Korea
Year of Introduction - 1804
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.5m
Width - 30cm
Location - The House Border
Description: Bulbous Perennial with tall, dark purple stems and glossy green leaves. Nodding, bright orange flowers with black spots have strongly recurved petals. Twenty or more flowers are produced on each stem from late summer into autumn.
Synonym - L. tigrinum
Flower:
Nodding, bright orange, turkscap flowers have recurved tepals and black spots. Each stem can produce 20 or more flowers in racemes from August into September. Individual flowers can reach approximately 10cm or more across and are unscented.
Flower colour: Orange
Flower shape: Turkscap lily flowers in racemes
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Glossy, dark green lanceolate leaves are produced on tall, dark purple stems which are often covered in fine, web-like, white hair. Bulbils are produced in the leaf Axils.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Pest and Diseases:
Prone to attacks from the Lily Beetle.
Propagation:
Seed, division (separation) of offsets.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture retentive, but well drained soil.