Species Lilium, Turban Lily, Turk's Cap Lily, American Tiger Lily, Swamp Lily

A very beautiful native true lily. There are varieties with flower colors ranging from red through orange to gold.

Require...Read Mores consistent moisture---the soil should never be allowed to dry out. Grows in wet meadows and moist woods in the wild, and does best in wet soils in cultivation. So it tolerates poor drainage.

It blooms in early to mid-summer---in Boston, it blooms in July.

Flower size ranges fro 2.5 to 4". Height is usually 4-6', sometimes reaching 8'.

Like most other lilies, it is susceptible to lily leaf beetle here, and its cultivation here requires constant vigilance.

I tried this once in ordinary garden soil and failed with it.

A very tall species of Lily native to Eastern USA.

Has linear to lance shaped, mid to deep green borne in whorls on stems ...Read Moremottled with greenish purple. Bears pendant, turkscap (strongly recurved petals), reddish orange, unscented flowers, spotted with purple.

Flowers July - September

Loves moist but well-drained, neutral to acid soil in sun or light shade. Will form a large clump where happy.