- Botanical Name
- Lilium speciosum ('Uchida')
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Plant Type
- Bulb
- Size (HxW)
- 90—120cm x 20—30cm
- Depth
- Plant bulbs and leave them in the ground to naturalise and multiply
- Spacing
- Spacing 20—30cm apart.
- Soil
- Humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil. Improve heavier soils with compost.
- Aspect
- Morning full sun to filtered light — some protection from hot afternoon sun preserves flower colour.
- Climate
- Cool to Temperate
- Frost
- Hard (fully frost hardy)
- Water
- Keep soil consistently moist through the growing and flowering season, without waterlogging.
- Fertiliser
- Add fertiliser each spring and summer to keep plants blooming at their best.
- Flowering Time
- Late summer to autumn — one of the last liliums to bloom
- After Flower Care
- Deadhead spent flowers but leave the stem and foliage intact to feed the bulb. Allow foliage to yellow and die back naturally before cutting stems down at ground level in late autumn.
- Notes
- A strong heirloom lily with good disease resistance. Recurved petals have a white border framing crimson-red to pink colouring with deeper red spotting. Excellent, long-lasting cut flower. Watch for lily beetle and botrytis (grey mould) in wet, humid conditions; bulb rot can occur in waterlogged soil.
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