Tiny Todd Lily

Group/Class: Dwarf Asiatic

Description:

This variety is a compact lily that bears well formed, upward facing, soft pink blooms; perfect for containers or massing along borders; they are also known to have multiple blooms per stem

Ornamental Features:

Tiny Todd Lily features bold pink trumpet-shaped flowers with white overtones 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:

Tiny Todd 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

Tiny Todd Lily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Tiny Todd Lily will grow to be about 15 inches tall at maturity, 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.