The RHS Award of Garden Merit is awarded for ease of cultivation, excellence and constitution.
Lilium candidum has been cultivated for its glorious flowers for many centuries. In the palace at Knossos, a fresco dated to about 1500 BC shows the “Prince of Knossos” surrounded by L. candidum. The flower probably reached western Europe with Phoenician traders, and was associated with Juno the goddess of heaven and represented purity, before becoming associated with the Virgin Mary in Christian times. The bulbs grow at ground level, and unlike other lilies produce a basal rosette of over-wintering leaves. The flowers are pure white, with yellow throats, facing outward at the top of their stems, 3-5 ft high. There may be 8 to 15 heavily scented flowers, stunning - especially in the gathering dusk of a long summer’s day.
Planting instructions
Plant 2" deep. If planting in the confinement of pots even more care is needed particularly with watering.
These bulbs will be despatched from mid August for planting in late Summer
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