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Lilium Lancifolium | Tiger Lily

First bloom dates:
2017 June 26

2024 June 19

Lilium Lancifolium | Tiger Lily

Liliaceae (Lily Family) (Pronounced Lil-ee-a-see-eye)

This plant is a bulb.

This is in Division 4 (see below).

These are of the true lily species, unlike the Daylily flowers.

They bloom at the top of one very tall stem. The blooms are large and always point downward.

Sometimes people mistake "tiger lilies" which are really "ditch lilies."

The flowers are really showy and have dots on them, unlike a tiger's fur which has stripes on it.

I generally cut these back to one-half or one-fourth of their size and let the leaves die back before cutting them to the ground.

Lily Divisions

There are ten lily divisions (classifications)

1. Asiatic Hybrids – Popular; least expensive; wide variety; easy to grow; colorful; unscented

2. Martagon Hybrids – Shade tolerate; expensive; Turscap Lily

3. Candidum | Euro-Caucasian Hybrid – Heirlooms; Madonna Lily

4. American Hybrids – Downward-facing petals; naturalize easily; Lilium lancifolium or Lilium tigrinum

5. Longiflorum Hybrids – Easter Lily

6. Trumpet and Aurelian Hybrids – Bugle-shaped flowers; Tall; needs staking

7. Oriental Hybrids – Similar to Asiatic; needs acidic soil; sweet fragrance; famous Stargazer lily; L. auratum and L. speciosum

8. Interdivisional Hybrids – catch-all group; crossings of other divisions;

9. Species (true) – wild; not hybridized

2024

These photos were taken while filming the above video.

I like seeing the flower bud and how different it is to the opened flower. I think to myself, "Did that really come out of there?"

Here we see the fruit as well.

This is the first year they are in their new location. They were moved from the front of this bed to the back near the fence because we were putting in the drainage ditch and they were in the way. They are actually in a much better spot that before. To the right of them is Redbueckia laciniata | Cut-leaf Coneflowers  (perennial) 34 which is not yet blooming, as well as Monarda | Bee Balm, Bergamot, Horse Mint, Oswego Tea (perennial) 90 which is blooming tall, but because it was moved this Spring, it is not a large patch and ot so showy. To the left is a purple cone Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower (perennial) 42 which was moved at the end of the garden season last year. We thought we had lost it, but I am happy to see it is blooming just fine. We have been working so much on the drainage pipe that I do need to get back here and weed, but I have only so many hours in the day. Peeking in on the very left is Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower, Gray-headed Mexican Hat (perennieal) 91 which is blooming yellow. I am happy with everything I have added to this area of the garden and I think next year it is going to be even better. There are some shorter plants in front of this photo.

2022

2020

2018

2017

Since 2017 are the first photos, I believe this is the year that I transplated them from my neighbor's yard. Ken and Rita let me dig some and I believe I got them early in the Spring and they bloomed the same year. They have been in their yard ever since we moved in here in 1886 and they were owned by Louise Skaggs and her husband Virgil.

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