Snow Crystal Lily

Group/Class: Asiatic Hybrid

Description:

An impressive Asiatic lily that produces lovely large,upright, pure white blooms, quite showy as a garden focal point; this variety is perfect in border planting and is especially good for containers

Ornamental Features:

Snow Crystal Lily features bold white trumpet-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems in early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's narrow leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Snow Crystal Lily is an herbaceous perennial with a rigidly upright and towering form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Insects

Snow Crystal Lily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Snow Crystal Lily will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by multiplication of the underground bulbs.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.