Lilies: Which are the best for the heat?, 1 by MiniPonyFarmer

MiniPonyFarmer wrote:
marieortiz
I have tried all kinds of lilies here in hot and humid East Texas zone 8b. All I have tried have come up and bloomed and returned the next year.

I've had tiger lilies, trumpet lilies, orientals, LA hybrids, Orien-pets, and Asiatics. My favorite performers are the LA hybrids and the tiger lilies.

It is best to give them some afternoon shade or the petals edges get brown crispy. One that did NOT fry in the sun was RED ALERT which I think is an LA Hybrid. It was in full all day sun and it stayed deep lush red. My tiger lilies don't burn either. Neither did my stargazer oriental lilies.