Scientific Name: Eremurus x isabellinus
Common Name: foxtail lily
Family Name: Asphodelaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, linear, most 20-30cm long x 2-3cm wide (turn yellow-brown after flowering); florets with 6 tepals, clustered in long, dense racemes.