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Lily Bulb Sizes

Ever wonder what growers mean when they say "top size" or 16/18? Although these terms may be loosely interpreted by some companies, most growers consider the following size definitions to be the norm.




		3 Mistakes to Avoid Warning: Be wary of merchants offering bulbs with excessive sprouts - even at discounted prices - in an attempt to dispose of surplus material that was not kept under proper refrigeration. What others might want to sell you, we add to the compost or feed to the pigs, so read this article and don’t be fooled.


		B&D Lilies' - Exhibition-size™ Lily Bulbs 20cm & greater (Tangerine to small orange-sized) size20up


		B&D Lilies' - Premium-size™ Lily Bulbs 16/18cm (Lime to small lemon size) size16up


		B&D Lilies' - Private Harvest™ Lily Bulbs 30cm & greater (artichoke to grapefruit sized) size30up


		Customer Testimonial on Bulb Size testimonial1


		Planting Stock/Small Commercials 12/14cm (walnut-sized) size1012


		Private Harvest™ Trumpet Bulbs Trumpet lilies that are at least 30 cm in circumference and weigh over one pound each! Note that these are not always available, during cold summers the bulbs tend to divide instead of becoming huge.


		Stem Bulblets Offshoots from underground stems (pea-sized) bulblet-1


		Top Size/Large Commercials 14/16cm (golf ball size) size14up

Wild Lilies

Wild Lily bulbs making up the genus Lilium belong to the family Liliaceae comprising of approximately 200 genera made up of approximately 2,000 lily species. There are in the neighborhood of 110 to 120 Lilium species depending on whose classification you reference. For the full article, click Knowledge Base