Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Plant Height: 1 to 4 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Bolander's Lily
  • Species Lily

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Date: 2014-10-27
Credit Rimmer de Vries

Date: 2014-10-27
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Date: 2014-10-27
Credit Rimmer de Vries

Date: 2014-10-27
Credit Rimmer de Vries

Date: 2014-10-27
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Date: 2014-10-27
Credit Rimmer de Vries

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Date: 2014-10-27
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Date: 2014-10-27
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Date: 2014-10-23
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Date: 2003-11-20
Lilium bolanderi Lithographie von Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) au

Date: 2014-10-23
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Date: 2014-10-27
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Comments:
  • Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on May 31, 2020 7:34 PM concerning plant:
    The color of L. bolanderi is variable. The RHS Lily Register describes it as being a deep crimson. Less often it can be salmon pink or pale yellow. In his book Lilies: A Guide for Growers and Collectors, Ed McRae describes L. bolanderi as "brick to wine-red". It can be found in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California and southern Oregon.

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