LILIES - RHS Lily Group

Left, Lilium callosum has the widest
distribution of any east Asian lily but is
rarely seen in cultivation.
and above, L. poilanei is a rare species
from Vietnam.
has produced no flowers yet. Lilium kelleyanum grew moderately well, since it
seemed attacked by a virus, which resulted in deformed growth and flowers. But
I am waiting to see if the same happens next year before throwing it away. Some
other USA species also grow in the bed, such as Lilium parvum hallidayi and
Lilium parryi from the lily group bulb auction. They seem to grow well, apart
from some brown spots on the leaves. This might be a virus, but might have been
formed by the inconsistent alternating warm and cold, sunny and rainy weather
we had this spring and summer in Switzerland. The Lilium parryi bulbs planted in
another bed in half shade, and covered by a fern seem to be doing much better.
Lilium grayi did very well in its first year, flowering profusely but not reaching
more than 60 cm. However it seems to be a lily which is very difficult to maintain,
since it only produced one stem with one flower in its second year.
Lilium kelloggii is a bit tricky. It rots very easily and did not seem to like
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