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Common name Turk's cap lily Family liliaceae Life cycle perennial Flowers orange Size 6' Light sun-part shade Cultural notes prefers rich moist soil Wildflower native to the eastern U.S. Downward-facing speckled orange-red flowers with strongly recurved petals. I've actually not seen those yet on my one surviving plant, but I did notice bulbils in the leaf joints along the stem in June. Note: my plant is more likely Lilium lancifolium (syn. L. tigrinum)

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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