Family: Liliaceae
Scientific Name: Lilium Oriental Stargazer
Common Name: Stargazer Oriental Lily
Description | A popular oriental lily with up facing flowers of pink, red and white. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
Hardiness Zone | 4(5)-9 |
Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average, well drained, not soggy |
Flowers | satiny up facing, tepals are red, edged in pink and spotted with darker red, fragrant, heavy orange anthers, can have 4-12 flowers per stem |
Leaves | lance-shaped leaves, alternate up the stem |
Dimensions | 3-4 feet or taller |
Maintenance | dead head as soon as the flower fades, may need to be staked, best to move and divide in the late summer or fall when the plant is dormant |
Propagation | division of the bulbs |
Cultivar Origin | Created in 1974 by Leslie Woodriff, of California (USA) |
Misc Facts | Stargazer lily was created in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff, a lily breeder in California. |
Author's Notes | I have used Oriental Lilies and have found that Deer love to eat the flowers off the plant!!!! |
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