'Lilium superbum'
(Species / Wild Lily)
Found in the eastern U.S. bulbs of Lilium superbum are reported as having been exported to London as early as 1738. Known as the 'American Swamp Lily', L. superbum enjoys a rich soil that is kept most throughout the year. The Turk's Cap flowers vary in color from golden-orange to nearly solid red. Carried atop stems sometimes reaching 8 feet, when left undisturbed bulbs will often exceed 1/2 pound.
This landscape photo, here at the nursery with our daughter peaking through the stems when a young teenager, has always been a favorite. This stand, exceeding 100 plants, was even studied by graduate students sent from the University of North Carolina, their task, to take samples and identify the one natural Tetraploid in the group found by their professor two years earlier from leaf samples he collected during a visit. Grown from seed collected throughout its entire range, it was felt this one colony had the greatest genetic diversification of any single stand in the world. When this bed was lifted due to overcrowding, some bulbs exceeded 3 pounds in weight. Title photo copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
Photo insert #1 is of the strongest lily in the stand (the tetrapolid), reaching just over 8 feet with over 40 blossoms. Copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
Photo insert #2 is of a cloned selection from this stand named 'Scarlett O' Hara', the propagation bed of which was lost in its first year of scaling to marauding voles looking for nourishment that winter. Copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
This page is for reference only, not as an offer to sell species bulbs or seeds.
Found in the eastern U.S. bulbs of Lilium superbum are reported as having been exported to London as early as 1738. Known as the 'American Swamp Lily', L. superbum enjoys a rich soil that is kept most throughout the year. The Turk's Cap flowers vary in color from golden-orange to nearly solid red. Carried atop stems sometimes reaching 8 feet, when left undisturbed bulbs will often exceed 1/2 pound.
This landscape photo, here at the nursery with our daughter peaking through the stems when a young teenager, has always been a favorite. This stand, exceeding 100 plants, was even studied by graduate students sent from the University of North Carolina, their task, to take samples and identify the one natural Tetraploid in the group found by their professor two years earlier from leaf samples he collected during a visit. Grown from seed collected throughout its entire range, it was felt this one colony had the greatest genetic diversification of any single stand in the world. When this bed was lifted due to overcrowding, some bulbs exceeded 3 pounds in weight. Title photo copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
Photo insert #1 is of the strongest lily in the stand (the tetrapolid), reaching just over 8 feet with over 40 blossoms. Copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
Photo insert #2 is of a cloned selection from this stand named 'Scarlett O' Hara', the propagation bed of which was lost in its first year of scaling to marauding voles looking for nourishment that winter. Copyright B & D Lilies. All rights reserved.
This page is for reference only, not as an offer to sell species bulbs or seeds.
