Lilium.
Lilum the true Lily is admirably adapted for pot culture, the conservatory, and the flower border, and will flourish in any light soil or situation.
The Groundcover Lily Mix, Lilium, is a beautiful mixture of Dwarf Lilies that creates a blanket of color in the summer. Plant this mix around a partially shading tree to add color to your garden. Also perfect for that lonely container on your patio . Dwarf Lily is a grasslike evergreen and more delicate than many groundcovers.Groundcovers can not only beautify your garden and the areas around your home, but can also solve some of the most difficult landscaping problems. Groundcovers carpet bare earth, prevent erosion, crowd out weeds, and eliminate the need to maintain turf on steep slopes that are impossible to mow.
Popular lilies include the Asiatic lily hybrids, the Madonna lily, the Oriental lily hybrids, the Tiger Lily, and the Turks Cap lily.
For outdoor cultivation plant the bulbs 4 to 5 in. deep, from October to March. After once planting they require but little care, and should not be disturbed oftener than once in three years, as established plants bloom more freely than if taken up annually. Give a thin covering of manure during the winter.
To produce fine specimens in pots they should be grown in a mixture of light turfy loam and leaf-mould. Six bulbs planted in a 12-in. pot form a good group. The pots should have free ventilation, and the bulbs be covered with 1 in. of mould.
Lilium seed may be sown in well-drained pots or shallow boxes filled with equal parts of peat, leaf-mould, loam, and sand. Cover the seeds slightly with fine mould and place the boxes or pots in a temperature of 55 or 65 degrees. A cold frame will answer the purpose, but the seeds will take longer to germinate. The Lancifolium and Auratum varieties have a delicious fragrance.
For pardalinum (the Panther Lily) and superbum mix the garden soil with three parts peat and one part sand, and keep the ground moist. They should occupy a rather shady position.
All the other varieties will succeed in any good garden soil enriched with leaf-mould or well-decayed manure.
For VALLOTA (Scarborough Lily), BELLADONNA, and FORMOSISSIMA (or Jacobean) Lilies, see “Amaryllis.”
For AFRICAN LILY, see “Agapanthus.”
For PERUVIAN LILIES, see “Alstromeria.”
For ST BERNARD’S and ST BRUNO’S LILIES, see “Anthericum.”
For CAFFRE LILIES, see “Clivias.”
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