Heirloom Black Beauty Lily

This 1957 American Leslie Woodriff cross of L. Henryi and L. Speciosum rubrum is one of the best garden varieties. It yields ten to 50 (as it matures over time), lightly fragrant, dark raspberry Turk’s Cap flowers edged in silver-white with a central green star. A floriferous garden variety once established and mature, butterfly-beloved L. Black Beauty is best planted in the fall. It requires well-draining soil that is not humus-rich because it cannot tolerate getting wet feet. It prefers full to partial sun with its flowers and foliage in the sun, and its lower stalk in the shade. It likes it dry over the summer and hates any sort of root disturbance once planted. It may even hold off flowering the first year until it is well established. Once mature, it may yield 50+ flowers per stalk, like so many little hanging presents with fancy bows. We ship them to the coldest areas first, just as soon as they are in from the Dutch harvest in mid-October. Lily Class: Heirloom Species. Bulb size: 14/16 cm. July/August. Horticultural Zones: 3-8. Height: 5' to 8'.