Asiatic Lily, Red – Summer Flowering Perennial (Set of 3 or 6)

Few flowers light up a summer border like Asiatic lilies, upright, strong stemmed and unmistakably bright.

This one flowers in red, with trumpet shaped blooms held on stiff stems above lush green foliage, reaching roughly 60 to 90cm tall and about 30cm across. They give height and rhythm to a border, stand well in patio pots, and the sculptural stems are as good in a vase as they are in the ground.

Each plant arrives well rooted in a 1 litre peat free pot with three lilies to the pot, grown in Yorkshire. These are not bulbs or bare roots but large, garden ready plants that can go straight out. Give them sun or light shade and ground that drains freely, and the bulbs will stay in place and return the following summer. Lilies are toxic to cats. Every part of the plant, including the pollen and the water in a vase, can cause fatal kidney failure, so they should not be grown or cut for a household with a cat.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Asiatic lily
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: Approximately 60 to 90cm tall and 30cm across
• Growth Habit: Upright, clump forming
• Perfect For: Patio pots, containers, summer borders, cutting
• Foliage: Deciduous, with lush green leaves on strong upright stems
• Flowering Time: Early to mid summer
• Planting Position: Full sun to partial shade, and excellent in a deep container
• Soil Type: Well drained soil or peat free compost that never sits wet
• Hardiness: Fully hardy. The bulbs stay in the ground all year and come through hard winters as long as they are not sitting in wet soil
• Maintenance: Low. Deadhead as the flowers fade, leave the stems to die down naturally, and feed in spring.
• Seasonal Interest: Summer
• Type: Hardy bulbous perennial