What Variety Of Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum) Grows In My Garden?

Is your Easter lily pure white, grows 2 to 3 feet high, and has 7-inch-long flowers?

Does your Easter lily have creamy yellow flowers?

Does your Easter lily have fragrant pink flowers?

Does your Easter lily have white flowers with rosy pink centers?

Does your Easter lily have small but plentiful pure white flowers?

You have an L. longiflorum 'White Heaven'. It features fragrant, outward-facing, trumpet-shaped, white flowers (4-7" long) that bloom in July-August on rigid stems rising 24-32" tall. Stems are clad with narrow, lance-shaped, glossy, medium to dark green leaves.

You have an L. longiflorum 'Deliana'. This Easter Lily x Oriental varies somewhat in color between bright yellow, creamy yellow, and chartreuse green, depending on the amount of sun received and the soil type. The buds are long and open into small, 5 to 6 inch fragrant flared "trumpets". Stems are 3 to 4 feet tall and flower in July.

You have an L. longiflorum 'Elegant Lady'. This Easter lily is a perennial with a single, erect stem bearing lance-shaped, spirally arranged, dark green leaves and, in summer, fragrant, trumpet-shaped, pale pink flowers with darker pink centers.

You have an L. longiflorum 'Triumphator'. It is L. longiflorum crossed with an Oriental lily. Its large trumpet-shaped flowers stand on a 3 to 4 feet long stem. While still very fragrant, the fragrance is not as strong as an Oriental lily but it is still a very pleasant sweet aroma. Blooms in July.

You have an L. longiflorum 'White Elegance'. This Easter lily is a variety with large buds and resistance to leaf scorch. Bulbs bloom in midsummer and have a very pleasant fragrance.

L. longiflorum 'Nellie White' is the cultivar normally grown and sold by commercial growers for the Easter lily trade. It is the primary Easter Lily grown for potted plant use in North America. It grows 34-36 inches in height and has pure white, fragrant flowers.