This hardy Asiatic lily will cheer up any warm coloured border. My first lily was bought for me as a gift and I think it was this variety - there seem to be thousands of varieties! My own garden has at least 10 varieties - mostly names forgotten ;^).It is very reliable and will produce more flowers year on year. It likes any well-drained soil in a sunny spot. To encourage flowers and bulbs to grow and split I feed with a multi-purpose liquid in spring.
I remove seed pods straight after each flower dies, so the plant's energy is not wasted on making ripe seeds. The foliage, on its own, adds structure to a late summer and early autumn border.
To propagate simply lift, split and replant large bulbs in late autumn/ winter. When you lift a lilly you can tell whether its ready to split because it looks like two or more bulbs. You are just assisting nature.
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