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
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Multi-Color
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
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.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Species Lily
  • Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium ponticum
  • Synonym: Lilium ponticum var. artvinense
  • Synonym: Lilium ponticum var. ponticum

Photo Gallery
Location: Şavşat
Date: 2017-06-28
Location: Trabzon
Date: 2017-06-28

Credit Ernst Gügel

Credit Ernst Gügel

Credit Leif Stridvall  Lilium pyrenaicum subsp. ponticum

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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