Have you planted a lily, know its name, but can't remember what color it is? Or are you looking for new specimens for the garden bed that contrast well with the other lilies? The following information may help you…

The beautiful lilies bloom white, orange, yellow, red or pink

White Lilies

The white flowering lilies can be easily combined with all other colored flowering lilies. They look noble, pure, graceful and classic. Among them are the following hybrid varieties:

  • 'White Elegance': pure white
  • 'Siberia': snow-white
  • 'White American': white
  • 'Mister Ed': pure white
  • 'Starling Star': creamy white with a subtle yellowish tinge
  • 'Album': slightly greenish breathy over the white, long flowering period

Yellow Lilies

Yellow lilies are rarer than white lilies. They are best combined with purple and red flowering lily varieties. They look uplifting and radiant. They include, for example:

  • 'Citronella': lemon yellow, many flower clusters
  • 'Royal Gold': golden yellow
  • 'Yellow Country': rich yellow

Orange Lilies

Orange-flowered lilies work well alongside red and yellow-flowered lilies. The following are the best known:

  • 'Monte Negro': deep orange
  • 'Fire King': deep orange, petals slightly bent back
  • 'Apeldoorn': orange-red

Pink Lilies

The pink flowering lilies are best used alone or in combination with white varieties. Among them are the following:

  • 'Trance': light pink
  • 'Miss Lucy': light pink, double
  • 'Elegant Lady': pink, strongly scented
  • 'Stargazer': pink with a light edge, well-known variety

Red to purple lilies

The list of lily varieties with red to purple flowers is long. Here is a selection:

  • 'Imperial Crimson': deep crimson
  • 'Nobility': ruby red
  • 'Cupido': red
  • 'Sphinx': deep red
  • 'Black Beauty': purple, delicately and sweetly scented, petals curled back
  • 'Grand Paradiso': deep red
  • 'Rodeo': lilac, fragrant

Bicolor Lilies

Two-toned lilies quickly look colorful and overloaded next to other lilies. They should stand as a solitaire. These varieties are beautiful:

  • 'Barcelona': orange-red with a yellow centre
  • 'Muscadet': white with a delicate red centre, fragrant
  • 'Journexs End': pink with a white edge
  • 'Imperial Silver': white with vermilion spots
  • 'Orange Triumph': orange-yellow with black dots
  • 'Netty's Pride': purple with white tips
  • 'Robert Swanson': purple with yellow border

tips and tricks

In a location out of the midday sun, but in the morning and afternoon sun, the flower colors are most pronounced.

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