Lilium tigrinum 'Flore Pleno' (L. lancifolium 'Flore Pleno' - DOUBLE TIGER LILY
Old-fashioned, but alien-looking lily with doubled pale orange flowers, heavily spotted.
Easy to grow.
Good cut flower (2 weeks in the vase).
Blooming time: summer (July)
Size: 4-6' tall by 1-2' wide
USDA zones: 3/4 to 9, heat zones 1-7
Culture: full sun, partial sun, average soils, somewhat drained soil - adaptable, but avoid waterlogged soil. It tolerates heat and humidity
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-moist, medium-dry
Origin: Japan, Korea, China
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: some bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Combinations: Great garden plant - borders, cut flower garden, cottage gardens. Goes well with many common perennials (native and non-native), for example : Agastache, Actaea, Aster, Chelone, Helenium, Helianthus, Heliopsis helianthoides, Iris, Phlox paniculata, Phlox maculata, Physostegia, Rudbeckia, Silphium, Veronicastrum virginicum and grasses like Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum. With non-native perennials try these : Anemone hupehensis, Calamagrostis brachytricha, robust cultivars of Hemerocallis, Iris sibirica, Persicaria amplexiacaulis.
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Lilium tigrinum 'Flore Pleno' (L. lancifolium 'Flore Pleno' - DOUBLE TIGER LILY
Old-fashioned, but alien-looking lily with doubled pale orange flowers, heavily spotted.
Easy to grow.
Good cut flower (2 weeks in the vase).
Blooming time: summer (July)
Size: 4-6' tall by 1-2' wide
USDA zones: 3/4 to 9, heat zones 1-7
Culture: full sun, partial sun, average soils, somewhat drained soil - adaptable, but avoid waterlogged soil. It tolerates heat and humidity
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-moist, medium-dry
Origin: Japan, Korea, China
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: some bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Combinations: Great garden plant - borders, cut flower garden, cottage gardens. Goes well with many common perennials (native and non-native), for example : Agastache, Actaea, Aster, Chelone, Helenium, Helianthus, Heliopsis helianthoides, Iris, Phlox paniculata, Phlox maculata, Physostegia, Rudbeckia, Silphium, Veronicastrum virginicum and grasses like Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum. With non-native perennials try these : Anemone hupehensis, Calamagrostis brachytricha, robust cultivars of Hemerocallis, Iris sibirica, Persicaria amplexiacaulis.
Picture copyright: Hardyplants, Commons Wikimedia
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