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Liliaceae
Regal Lily
Lilium regale
Majesty and purity.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Lilium
- Native to
- China
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- bulb
- Height
- 3-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Plant explorer Ernest Henry Wilson nearly lost his leg collecting this species in the Min Valley of Sichuan, China in 1910.
- Wilson shipped over 6,000 bulbs back to the Arnold Arboretum, transforming Western gardens forever.
- The regal lily grows wild only in a single narrow river valley in western Sichuan province.
- Its intensely fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers can perfume an entire garden on summer evenings.
- Unlike many lilies, the regal lily is remarkably easy to grow from seed and can bloom in its second year.
Color meanings
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majesty
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purity
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renewed life