Everything You Need to Know About Lilies
The family Liliaceae includes a nearly infinite number of plants, since lilies are easy to propagate and hybridize. "There is a huge number of lilies on the market with new hybrids coming out every year," says McLean. "It is enormously confusing." To organize the flowers—and make it easier for home gardeners and horticulturists to keep track of them—lilies fall into nine different divisions: Eight divisions of hybrids—Asiatic; Martagon, also known as Turk's Cap; Candidum, American, Longiflorum, commonly known as Easter Lily; Trumpet and Aurelian; Oriental, also called Stargazers; and I...
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