Northern Star Lily

Group/Class: Orienpet

Description:

A brilliant lily with gorgeous large rose and light purple blooms, freckled with hot pink spots and stripes down the middle of the petal toward the center; a spectacular plant that is really eye catching, makes an excellent border or mass planting

Ornamental Features:

Northern Star Lily features bold nodding rose trumpet-shaped flowers with hot pink throats and a purple reverse at the ends of the stems in mid 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:

Northern Star 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

Northern Star Lily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Northern Star Lily will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. It tends to be leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 feet from the ground, and should be underplanted with lower-growing perennials. The flower stalks can be weak and so it may require staking in exposed sites or excessively rich soils. 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.