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, Leathery, Parallel venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Plants 90-180cm tall; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 8-20cm long x 1.5-5cm wide, leathery, glossy, dark green; flowers 3-6 per stem, each 15-30cm wide, highly fragrant, 6 tepals, thick, recurved, and may have ruffled margins, commonly white, pink, red, yellow, or bicoloured.