Lilium ‘Captain Tricolore’

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These large shapely blooms will capture your attention in the garden with their lovely 3-color blend. The gently ruffled petals, neatly trimmed in pink, curve back to show off a prominent lemon-yellow band down the midrib of each pure white petal, as if to emphasize the conspicuous reddish anthers. They are guaranteed to fill your garden, and your vases, with sweet summer fragrance.

Lilies are one of the truly great garden plants. Their beauty, diversity, extended season of bloom, exquisite fragrance, graceful stature, and reliable disposition reflect the fruits of hundreds of years of selective breeding. Your garden should not be without them, whether you manage acres of mixed borders or a few pots on a city balcony.

Lilies prefer cool soil, which argues for shade at their feet from low-growing companions such as Ferns, Geraniums, or Hellebores. Plant Lilies in well-drained soil where they will receive 6–8 hours of sun a day. Delicate and graceful Species Lilies carry their flowers on candelebra-shaped stems and are generally more tolerant of shade. When cutting the flowers for bouquets, remove no more than 1/3 of the stem. This provides sufficient leaves on the remaining stem to renew the bulb for the coming year.

For more information on growing Lilium, click on Growing Guide.