Scientific Name: Lilium cvs. (Oriental)
Common Name: Oriental 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: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Columnar
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Fragrance, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Orange, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Compared to Asiatic lilies, Oriental lilies tend to have larger, wider (more elliptical) leaves and larger but fewer flowers (in whites pinks, reds, or rarely yellow) that are strongly scented; 6 tepals.