Philippine Lily

Lilium philippinense

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 9a-11 Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Perennial (USDA Zones 9a-11)

Height Maturity: 6-7′

Width at Maturity: 2′

Spacing: 18″ apart for mass plantings

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Clump

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flower Type: Single, trumpet

Flower Size: 7-8″+ long

Flowering Period: Late Summer (August-September)

Fragrant Flowers: Yes!

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Part Shade

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Loam, Sand, Silt (Limestone)

Soil Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 7.0 – 7.5 (Neutral to Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual attention, Butterflies

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

An exquisite, quite rare subtropical lily from the Philippines, this one resembles an Easter Lily on steroids, but that blooms in late summer! Long drooping buds atop tall leafy stems open into absolutely beautiful and sweetly fragrant flared white trumpets with green throats up to 8 inches in length. The fragrance is magnificent! You can expect a cluster of up to 6 flowers per stem. Leave the spent flower stalks in the garden for winter interest.

PLEASE NOTE: Said to be the lily that grows in the most tropical climate, the Philippine Lily is not cold hardy so should only be grown year round outdoors in USDA Zones 9a-11, where it will produce off set clones and grow continuously year round. It requires no dormant period and will not survive a forced dormancy period. That said, in zones north of 9a it is a perfect candidate for growing in containers that can be overwintered indoors.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing up to 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide, the Philippine Lily can be grown in outdoor garden beds year round in USDA Zones 9a to 11, where it can be useful as a vertical accent in smaller garden spaces or a towering background plant in perennial borders. In zones further north it can be grown in containers that can be overwintered indoors.

Suggested Spacing: 18″ apart for mass plantings

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a, where the Phillipine Lily is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

The Philippine Lily can be grown year round outdoors in USDA Zones 9a-11. In it’s native habitat this lily grows in a well-drained coralline limestone alkaline soil, so it’s a good idea to add some limestone to the soil. The plant grows well in full sun to part shade.

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