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  • Lilium lankongense pu jing bai he in China Z 5-8

    In June to July 6 to 12 fragrant, pale pink upturned petals with deep red spots blossom on this elegant lily.

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    In June to July 6 to 12 fragrant, pale pink upturned petals with deep red spots blossom on this elegant lily.

    Size: 25-36” x 12"
    Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil, acidic soil
    Native: alpine grasslands in Xizand and Yunnan China

    Collected before 1892.

  • Lilium leichtlinii Leichtlin’s Lily, Citronella Lily Z 5-9

    Up-curved petals on down-facing, yellow flowers with reddish-purple spots blooming in June-July.

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    Up-curved petals on down-facing, yellow flowers with reddish-purple spots blooming in June-July

    Size: 3-4’ x 10”
    Care: sun to part shade in humus-rich, moist well-drained soil
    Native: central Honshu Japan among tall grasses in moist meadows

    Described first in Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5673 1867.

  • Lilium martagon Martagon lily Z 3-8

    Usually pink to carmine, smallish downfacing, reflexed petals, with one stem baring up to 50 individual flowers on mature plant.

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    Usually pink to carmine, smallish downfacing, reflexed petals, with one stem baring up to 50 individual flowers on mature plant.

    Size: 3-6’ x 8-12”
    Care: part shade to sun (shorter in sun) in well-drained, lime soil. Resents being moved & often will not emerge in 1st year.
    Native: Eastern France to Korea.
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit; Elisabeth C. Miller Botanic Garden Great Plant Pick.

    The name Martagon means cap in Turkish from the style of turban adopted by Turkish ruler, Sultan Mohammed, which was known as a martagon and had a similarly pendulous shape. Described by English herbalist Gerard (1545-1612) in 1596.

  • Lilium regale Regal lily Z 4-8

    Midsummer, white trumpets flushed with purple, very fragrant

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    Midsummer, white trumpets flushed with purple, very fragrant

    Size: 4-6' x 12"
    Care: Sun, moist well-drained soil
    Native: Western China

    Lilium was named for the Greek word for smooth, polished referring to its leaves. Ernest Henry “China” Wilson discovered this Trumpet lily when he came upon the Min River valley floor covered with the flowers in bloom, “(n)ot in twos and threes but in hundreds, in thousands, aye, in tens of thousands.” Wilson 1917    Carrying the bulbs out he broke his leg while walking on a narrow mountain trail due to an avalanche.  Continuing on the trail Wilson encountered a donkey train coming toward him.  To allow the donkeys to pass, he laid down on the trail and let the donkeys step over his body.  He walked with a limp the rest of his life, referred to as his “lily limp.”  He sent the bulbs to his patron, the Veitch nursery in England.

  • Lilium speciosum album Showy lily Z 4-9

    Large, nodding flower heads with recurved petals white, glowing pinkish in August, fragrant.

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    Large, nodding flower heads with recurved petals white, glowing pinkish in August, fragrant.

    Size: 3-4’ x 12”
    Care: Sun to part shade in moist, acidic soil

    Lilium was named for the Greek word for smooth, polished referring to its leaves.  This species introduced to Europe by Carl Peter von Thunberg around 1777.  Von Thunberg (1743-1828), student of Linnaeus at Uppsala University in Sweden. He made three trips to the Cape of Good Hope 1772-1775 where he collected about 1000 new species, Java and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1777 and 15 months in Japan  (1775-1777) where he befriended local doctors who gave him hundreds of plants new to Western horticulture.  He succeeded Linnaeus as professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala.  Knighted by Swedish King Gustav. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. L.H. Bailey (1935) highly recommended this lily as “(o)ne of the most beautiful and satisfactory of all lilies, robust, permanent (and) easily grown…”

  • Lilium speciosum rubrum Z 4-9

    Fragrant, deep pink spotted blossoms with recurved petals in late summer

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    Fragrant, deep pink spotted blossoms with recurved petals in late summer

    Size: 3-4’ x 12”
    Care: Sun to part shade in moist, acidic soil
    Native: part of China & southern Japan

    Lilium was named for the Greek word for smooth, polished referring to its leaves. Englebert Kaempfer, first physician to the Dutch East India Co. on Deschema Island (1690’s) described Lilium speciosum in his writings, published in 1712.   Introduced to Europe by Siebold and to England in 1832. The English periodical Botanical Register described it: “surely if there is anything, not human, which is magnificent in beauty, it is this plant.” In 1896 the Wisconsin Horticultural Society praised this lily as deserving “…a prominent place in every garden…an old standard lily, as far back as our memory goes.”

  • Lilium superbum Meadow lily Z 4-8

    Briliant orange with purple spots, turks-cap type lily blooming in late summer to early fall

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    Briliant orange with purple spots, turks-cap type lily blooming in late summer to early fall

    Size: 10’ x 12”
    Care: shade to sun in moist, acidic soil
    Native: from VT to Fl & west to Mississippi River, incl. Wisconsin

    Lilium was named for the Greek word for smooth, polished referring to its leaves.  Collected before 1762. Sold in America’s 1st plant catalog, Bartram’s Broadside, 1783. L.H. Bailey (1913): “The most magnificent and showy of native North American species, well worthy of extensive cultivation.” Found growing in moist meadows from Massachusetts to Indiana and Alabama. In 1665 John Rea called it the “Virginia Martagon,” In 1738 colonial botanist John Bartram sent it to his “brothers of the spade” in London where it caused a sensation. A challenge to grow, it demands well-drained, acid soil and plenty of moisture.

  • Limonium latifolium syn. Limonium platyphyllum Sea lavender, Statice latifolia Z 2-8

    Airy lavender blue panicles from mid to late summer.  Leathery foliage turns reddish in fall.

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    Airy lavender blue panicles from mid to late summer.  Leathery foliage turns reddish in fall.

    Size: 24-30” x 24”
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Russia, Bulgaria & Romania
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Attracts bees and butterflies.

    Limonium is Greek meaning “meadow” and latifolium means “wide leaf”.  This was identified by Dioscorides in DeMaterica Medica for medicinal use around 70 A.D.  Cultivated in gardens since 1700’s.  Formerly used to repel moths and cure canker sores.