Lilies are known for their beautifully perfumed scent and elegant appearance, lilies remain one of the world’s best-selling cut flowers.
With so much variety in their colour, from pure white to eye-catching red, yellow and purple, lilies are a firm favourite with florists and flower lovers alike and make a stunning addition to any bouquet.
Scientific Name: Lilium
Family: Liliaceae
Availability: All year round
Lilies are without doubt one of the most striking and beautiful summer flowers, and the new and highly desirable Oriental Lily, 'Big News' is no exception. Boasting huge, extravagant blooms that are the most flawless, purest white with an incredibly rich, heady perfume, this is truly magnificent! The elegant, 20cm long white buds burst open into upward-facing, perfectly formed blooms that reach 30cm in diameter with gently arching, wavy petals. Stunning as cut flowers, making for bold, dramatic indoors displays, they also look fabulously decadent when grown in groups in large pots, and of course, they're perfectly at home in your beds and borders. Wherever you plant 'Big News' it'll be impossible to miss. Planted in spring or autumn, they'll return every year, bigger and better, and so easy to grow and care for, especially considering the amazing display that they give. Supplied as a collection of 20 bulbs ready for immediate planting.
The sunniest yellow you'll find, Lily 'Summer Beach' will look fabulous in your beds and borders where the plants will knit together to create a blanket of colour. Alternatively try this cheerful, fragrant lily in patio containers or as border edging! They also make a great cut flower for a vase indoors.
A classic icon of simple elegance often favoured by brides, the Arum Lily provides pristine white spathes emerging from backdrop of large glossy, heart shaped leaves from May to July. The simplicity of the flower gives an architectural stature to this perennial plant which is best suited to moist borders, bog gardens, or as a marginal at a ponds edge. You have the choice of enjoying the flowers in situ or taking them indoors for a stunning, long lasting display. Height and spread: 90cm (36?).
This bi-colour, Asiatic Lily comes from the ?Joy? series, bred especially for a bushy, dwarf habit. Lily 'Perfect Joy' is as pretty as a picture with contrasting raspberry pink and white flowers.
Lily 'Claret Joy' is a neat and compact Asiatic hybrid with a dwarf and bushy habit. Its pageant of opulent, deep crimson blooms create a dramatic summer display.
Primrose-yellow blooms with contrasting dark anthers stand out beautifully against the lustrous, dark foliage of Lily 'Classic Joy'. Enticingly simple and elegant, this Asiatic Lily hybrid will bring a splash of sunshine to your patio in summer.
For a fiery, ember glow in your summer patio pots, look no further than Lily 'Lava Joy'! Rich tones of orange and gold contrast with the dark, lustrous foliage of this dwarf Asiatic Lily.
A gorgeous Oriental lily boasting an intoxicating fragrance from its large white flowers, each petal delicately edged with deep mauve-pink. This elegant lily is ideal planted in beds and border or try growing it in large patio containers and enjoy the fragrance up close! Lily 'Purple Fountain' also makes a splendid cut flower for a vase indoors.
The impressive stems of the Foxtail Lily tower with stately grandeur in spires of golden yellow starry flowers. An imposing focal point for the back of sunny borders!