PANTHER LILY, LILIUM PARDALINUM

PANTHER LILY, LILIUM PARDALINUM

grows 7 feet tall, spectacular blooms
Zone 5-9

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Lilium pardalinum, the panther lily, is a tall-growing North American species which reaches about 7' when well grown. It produces stems of whorled foliage in a pleasant shade of apple-green, topped of by up to about 20 flowers per stem. These are of the Turk's-cap shape (that is, with the petals reflexed back rather like a trout lily) in an attractive burnt orange (though this is somewhat variable) fading to a nice clear yellow in the centre. The whole flower is evenly spotted with quite large maroon spots.

Hardy zone 5-9

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Sowing instructions

Sow in a cold frame, it should germinate in spring. Stored seed will require a warm/cold/warm cycle of stratification, each period being about 2 months long. Grow on in cool shady conditions. Great care should be taken in pricking out the young seedlings, many people leave them in the seed pot until they die down at the end of their second years growth. This necessitates sowing the seed thinly and using a reasonably fertile sowing medium. The plants will also require regular feeding when in growth. Divide the young bulbs when they are dormant, putting 2 - 3 in each pot, and grow them on for at least another year before planting them out into their permanent positions when the plants are dormant