Description And Classification Of Species: Table 45
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This section is from the book "A Practical Handbook Of Trees Shrubs Vines And Herbaceous Perennials", by John Kirkegaard. Also available from Amazon: A practical handbook of trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials.
Description And Classification Of Species: Table 45
Botanical Name | English Name | 1 Deciduous 2 Evergreen 3 Vine 4 Herbaceous Perennial | Ultimate Height in feet | Color | Time of Bloom | Remarks |
Lilium elegans | Thunbergian Lily | 4 | 2 | Red-orange | June & July | Many varieties; one of the hardiest and best species. |
Lilium elegans var. ful-gens | Bateman's Lily | 4 | 3 * | Purple-orange | July & Aug. | One of the best for color effects. |
Lilium elegans var.Wal-lacei | Wallace's Lily | 4 | 2 | Deep orange | July | A dwarf variety, usually one-flowered. |
Lilium Grayi | Gray's Lily | 4 | 2 1/2 | Orange | June & July | Similar to L. canadense, but less showy. |
Lilium maculatum | Hanson's Lily | 4 | V 3 | Red-orange | June & July | A formal regular species which is very hardy. |
Lilium Henryi | Henry's Lily | 4 | 4-5 | Orange-salmon | Aug. & Sept. | A recent introduction and one of the best. Highly ornamental. |
Lilium longiflorum | Trumpet or Easter Lily | 4 | 2 1/2 | White | July to Aug. | One of the best known varieties. Not perfectly hardy. |
Lilium martagon | Martagon Lily | 4 | 4 | Purple-pink | June | Flowers small, dull-colored, and less showy than other species. |
Lilium philadelphicum | Philadelphia Lily or Wood Lily | 4 | 2 1/2 | Orange-red | July & Aug. | One of the best wild varieties. Flowers upright. |
Lilium speciosum | Spotted Lily | 4 | 3 | Pink-white spotted with red | Aug. & Sept. | There are many varieties, all of which are desirable and hardy. The following are among the best. |
Lilium speciosum var. Melpomene | Melpomene Lily | 4 | 6 | Pink spotted with crimson and margined with white | Aug. & Sept. | Remarks preceding. |
Lilium speciosum var. rubrum | 4 | 3 | Red-pink | Aug. & Sept. | Remarks preceding. | |
Lilium superbum | Turk's Cap Lily | 4 | 4 | Orange-red | July & Aug. | Sometimes cultivated in borders and wild-gardens. |
Lilium tenuifolium | Siberian Coral Lily | 4 | 1 | Brilliant scarlet | June & July | Flowers about 2 inches across and in clusters of twelve; foliage very fine. |
Lilium tigrinum | Tiger Lily | 4 | 5 | Orange-red | July & Aug. | Very showy, and common in old gardens. A.G. |
Lilium tigrinum var. splendens | Tiger Lily | 4 | 4 | Orange | July & Aug. | A fine variety of the old-fashioned Tiger Lily. It should be substituted for the type in planting. |
Lilium tigrinum var. plenescens | Double Tiger Lily | 4 | 4 | Orange | July & Aug. | |
Linaria cymbalaria | Kenilworth Ivy | 4 | 4 in. | Lilac | July to Sept. | Creeping ivy-like plants. Good for rockeries or ground cover under shrubs. Flowers small but very pretty. B. II. |
Linum perenne | Blue Flax | 4 | 1 | Light blue | May & Aug. | Very attractive in clumps among other perennials or in the rockery. Foliage delicate; flowers borne on slender, erect stems. A.G. I. |
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