Scientific Name: Lilium cvs. (Asiatic)
Common Name: Asiatic hybrid lily
Family Name: Liliaceae
Origin: Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Columnar
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Linear, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Plants 60-120cm tall; leaves alternate (may appear whorled), lanceolate-linear, 5-15cm long x 0.5-1.5cm wide; flowers 4-12, each 10-15cm wide, typically non-fragrant or only mildly scented, 6 tepals, straight or slightly recurved, white, yellow, orange, pink, red, or bi-coloured.