About lilies

Everyone loves lilies. With large showy blooms, lilies add striking elegance to the garden from early to midsummer. Grown from bulbs, lilies are perennial flowers that will return year after year and require minimal care, provided that you plant them in the right place. Some Green Tomatoes Are Meant to Stay Green.Lilies have six plain or strikingly marked petals and are often trumpet-shaped sitting atop a tall stem with narrow long, lance-shaped leaves. They come in many beautiful colors, including pink, gold, red, orange, and white.

Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.

Lilies tend to bloom from early summer to fall depending on the type. By carefully blending early, mid-season and late varieties into your garden, you will enjoy their magnificent blooms from spring to the fist of winter. At home in both formal and naturalistic settings, most lilies also take readily to containers.