| | Short Growing Season (Mountain areas)Where daytime temperatures are consistently 90° and above, but the soil remains cool, plant all lily bulbs in full sun so they will receive enough heat to mature before winter. Asiatic lilies can handle 100° summers and -40° winters without special winter care, but you should always mulch Trumpets and early-blooming Orientals after the ground freezes, to discourage any rodents from taking up residence and to provide a blanket of insulation for the coldest months
| 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 |

