Spring Planted Bulbs


LILIUM HYBRIDS AND SPECIES Among the oldest flowers in cultivation, it’s hard to believe that lilies have been cultivated extensively in North America


for only 60 years. Today there are enough


hybrids and varieties of lilies to spread bloom from earliest June until frost in almost every color and combination of colors imaginable.


L. auratum var. platyphyllum #SLY01 Size: 18cm/up “Golden-rayed Lily-of-Japan”. Each purplish- green stem produces 10 or more large, bowl- shaped white flowers, each petal with a broad yellow band down the center. The outfacing blooms are slightly speckled with crimson and sweetly scented.


[Ht: 3'-6', Bl: Aug/Sep, Zones: 5 to 8, SSH] Each 4.95 3 for 12.95 6 for 23.95


L. Black Beauty #SLY05


Size: 18/20cm This splendid hybrid cross of L. specio- sum rubrum and L. henryi bears distinc- tive blooms of deep maroon-red with a narrow white edge, green star center


and long protruding anthers, its petals tightly reflexed. Becomes nearly shrub-like when mature, bearing 50 or more fragrant flowers. Long-lived. Multiplies readily by offsets. [Ht: 3'-8', Bl: August, Zones: 5 to 8, S/SSH] 2 for 7.95 4 for 14.95 8 for 27.95


L. Black Dragon #SLY06 Size: 18cm/up The original seed for the magnifi- cent Black Magic strain of tall


trumpet lilies was collected from cottage gardens in China in the early 1900’s.


Black Dragon is a superior selection producing massive heads of heavily fragrant flowers that are white with a pale yellow throat and rose- purple coloring on the outside of the tepals. [Ht: 4'-8', Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 4 to 8, S] 2 for 7.95 4 for 14.95 8 for 27.95


❧ L. Bonbini #SLY61 Size: 16/18cm


A gorgeous oriental x trumpet (OT) lily. A char- treuse green star-shaped center, outlined with pink, accents the center of each huge, creamy- white, fragrant bloom. Strong stems hold the extremely elegant flowers upright. Destined to to be a star in the back border. [Ht: 36"-40", Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 4 to 8, S] Each 3.95 3 for 10.95 6 for 19.95


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L. Boogie Woogie #SLY67


Size: 16/18cm A sensational “OT” hybrid (oriental x trumpet) with huge 8 to 9 inch fragrant flowers of soft yellow picoteed on the petal edges with salmon.


[Ht: 36"-48", Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 4 to 8, S/SSH] Each 3.95 3 for 10.95 6 for 19.95


L. Casa Blanca #SLY52


Size: 16/18cm Without a doubt the most popular white Oriental Hybrid lily. The snow white blooms 10 inches or more in diameter


are unsurpassed for size and fragrance. [Ht: 36"-48", Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 4 to 8, S/SSH] 3 for 7.95 6 for 14.95 12 for 27.95


L. cernuum #SLY50 Size: 10cm/up “Nodding Lily”. Native from Siberia to Korea, this stem-rooting lily bears racemes of 6 to 15 fragrant, recurved, pendant flowers from 1¼" to 2" across of pale lilac, pink or purple heavily stippled with carmine. Grass-like foliage is mostly concentrated in the middle third of the stem. Produces seed freely. [Ht: 2'-3', Bl: June/July, Zones: 2 to 6, S/SSH] Each 5.95 3 for 15.95 6 for 29.95


Specie Lily Offer


One bulb each of L. auratum var. platyphyl- lum, L. cernuum and L. formosanum White Crane plus 2 bulbs each of L. henryi and L. tenuifolium #SLY71X (7 bulbs total) 30.95


L. Citronella #SLY11


Size: 16/18cm An old favorite from the Asiatic division with Turk’s-cap


shaped yellow flowers generously spotted with dark maroon. Bears 20 or more pendant blooms per stem.


[Ht: 3'-5', Bl: July, Zones: 4 to 8, S/SSH] 3 for 9.95 6 for 17.95 12 for 32.95


L. Cobra #SLY07 Size: 16/18cm One of the darkest red Oriental lilies available. Fragrant 6 to 8 inch blooms are wine-red trimmed with a thin white edge. Rich flowering.


[Ht: 2'-3', Bl: Aug/Sep, Zones: 4 to 8, S/SH] 3 for 9.95 6 for 17.95 12 for 32.95


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L. davidii #SLY04 Size: 14cm/up A colorful species native to Western China bearing racemes of up to 40 Turk’s-cap like 3 inch flowers of polished orange-red with raised black spots, somewhat like a refined Tiger lily. Flowers are suspended from long pedicels in a pyramidal form, complementing the unique foliage which has the longest leaves at the bottom of the stem, decreasing in length to the top. This stem-rooting, virus tolerant lily is in the bloodlines of almost all Asiatic hybrids. [Ht: 3'-4', Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 3 to 7, S] 3 for 9.95 6 for 17.95 12 for 32.95


L. Distant Drum #SLY37 Size: 16/18cm


A spectacular double oriental lily with multiple layers of dreamy, rose-pink petals forming huge blooms held above dark green foliage. Flowers hold their color well with it fading slightly toward the gently waved petal edges. Ideal as a cutflower because it has no pollen to cause staining.


[Ht: 32"-40", Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 3 to 8, S] Each 6.95 3 for 18.95 6 for 34.95


L. formosanum ‘White Crane’ #SLY62


Size: 3 inch pots “Taiwanese Moun- tain Lily”. Long, purple striped buds open to creamy- white, fragrant, trumpet-shaped blooms flushed with pink. Plants have a clump-forming


habit and tall, erect stems with narrow, lance- shaped, glossy dark green leaves. [Ht: 18"-20", Bl: Jul/Aug, Zones: 3 to 8, S] Each 7.95 3 for 21.95 6 for 39.95


L. Golden Stargazer #SLY55 Size: 16/18cm Upward facing 5 to 6 inch blooms of glowing golden- yellow lightly peppered with red and a deeper gold flush at the throat. Petals are slightly recurved. Won- derfully fragrant. [Ht: 32"-40", Bl:


Jul/Aug, Zones: 3 to 8, S] 3 for 7.95 6 for 14.95 12 for 27.95


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