LILIES - RHS Lily Group
LILIES - RHS Lily Group
LILIES - RHS Lily Group
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<strong>Lily</strong> varieties<br />
We have tried many varieties: some have been very successful and others not<br />
so good. Table 3 shows many of the varieties and we have made comments on<br />
each as to how successful we have been with them.<br />
Table 3: Lilium Varieties<br />
ASIATIC AND LA HYBRIDS<br />
‘Ceb Dazzle’ - LA Hybrid (yellow) P Always good<br />
‘Gironde’ - Asiatic (yellow) P<br />
‘Golden Tycoon’ - LA Hybrid (yellow) P<br />
‘Pavia’ - LA Hybrid (yellow) P<br />
‘Madras’ - Asiatic (yellow) ? Trial<br />
‘Pisa’ - Asiatic (yellow) O<br />
‘Tresor’ - Asiatic (orange) P<br />
‘Gibraltar’ syn. ‘Elite’ - Asiatic (orange) O<br />
‘Heraklion’ - Asiatic (orange) O<br />
‘Salmon Classic’ LA Hybrid (apricot) O/P Quick grower, small no. of buds<br />
‘Top Gun’ - LA Hybrid (light pink) O Great colour<br />
‘Samur’ - LA Hybrid (strong pink on light pink ground)* P<br />
‘Brindisi’ - LA Hybrid (purplish red)* O/P small no. of buds<br />
‘Turandot’ - LA Hybrid (intense pink)* O Very brittle<br />
‘Royal Sunset’ - LA Hybrid (mixed orange-red) P<br />
‘Loreto’ - Asiatic (strong orange)* O Too short but great 2? colour<br />
‘Latvia’ - Asiatic (brilliant yellow)* O Too short<br />
‘Centerfold’ - Asiatic (yellowish white) P<br />
‘Prunotto’ - Asiatic (red-orange) P<br />
‘Ercolano’ - LA Hybrid (white) P<br />
‘Navona’ - Asiatic (white) O<br />
‘Aspin’, trade designation SNOWSTORM - Asiatic (white) P<br />
‘Donatello’ - LA Hybrid (white) P<br />
‘Courier’ - LA Hybrid (brilliant greenish yellow)* P<br />
‘Nova Scotia’ – LA Hybrid (yellowish white) ? Trial<br />
‘Fangio’ - LA Hybrid 70/60cm(red) P<br />
‘Red Alert’ - LA Hybrid 70/60cm(red) O/P On the lookout for better red<br />
‘Red Classic’ - LA Hybrid 70/60cm(red) O/P<br />
‘Freya’ - LA Hybrid (brilliant yellow) ? Trial<br />
‘Orriolo’ - LA Hybrid (vivid yellow)<br />
LONGIFLORUM<br />
? Trial<br />
‘Zanlophator’, trade designation TRIUMPHATOR<br />
- LO Hybrid (white/strong pink)*<br />
P<br />
‘White Heaven’ Longiflorum (white) P<br />
* denotes that the colour stated here is that which was given when the cultivar was registered;<br />
in our experience, under our light conditions the colours are somewhat paler.<br />
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