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Lilium michiganense |
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| Common name |
Michigan lily |
| Family |
liliaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-8) |
| Flowers |
red/orange (summer) |
| Size |
2-5' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Species lily whose speckled orange flowers are attractively recurved. Our plants took forever to reach blooming size from seed (probably about 7 years), so I was delighted to see the first flower rather unexpectedly (I had almost forgotten about them) one morning in late June.
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| | The newly emerged growth is an asset too – this photo from late May |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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