Scientific Name: Lilium longiflorum
Common Name: Easter lily
Family Name: Liliaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Columnar
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Indoor plant, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves linear 12-20cm long x 4-5cm wide; flowers white, fragrant, trumpet-shaped, 15-20cm long x 8-13cm wide, 6 white tepals, Jul-Aug (or in time for Easter if forced indoors).