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Natural Qualities:
Lilies are one of the most beautiful, and graceful of all
summer-blooming flowers.
Lilies belong to the Lilium genus consisting of less than 100
known species, occurring in all parts of the Northern
Hemisphere.
Lilies are believed to have been under cultivation longer than
any other ornamental flower, having existed in gardens 3,000
years ago. Floral designs, particularly of Lilies, made their
appearance and became very popular in the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
There are many kinds of flowers, which have been called
"Lilies", but many of these so-called Lilies such as the
day-lily, water-lily, and arum-lily, actually belong to other
groups of flowering plants. Plants in the Liliales grow from
Bulbs, or Corms, both of which will store food over the winter
or during the dry season. Unlike other Liliales, these vines
produce their flowers in spherical clusters called Umbels, as in
Bomarea. True Lilies are composed of fleshy scales without a
protective outer coating. True Lilies are never dormant.
Lilies are really excellent plants for beds and borders. Lilies
are suitable for use in a shrub border, as accent plants, a
formal or naturalized pool planting. Even some of the small
species would fit perfectly in an alpine rock garden.
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