Lilium Canadense Seeds (Lily Seeds)

Lilium canadense is one of the most elegant Lily species. The seeds have been wild collected in Quebec and New Brunswick. It is a magnificent tall perennial woodland Lily, growing to a height of 2-5 feet tall. Flowers are nodding, flared and trumpet-shaped, from yellow to orange-red with dark spots. This graceful Lily blooms in late June or early July, producing up to 15-20 fragrant flowers per plant, 2-3" wide, with 3 petals and 3 sepals which recurve upward from the nodding flowers. The flowers are hermaphrodite, they have both male and female organs. Deciduous foliage, leaves 15 cm long; lanceolate, in whorls of 4 to 10, with veins beneath. Lilies form a bulb. Hardiness zones 3-8, (-37øC/-35øF, -10øC/15øF) in Winter. Grow on in full sun to dappled shade in any good garden soil with adequate drainage. Prefers an acidic, moist, well-drained soil such as a sand-peat moss-loam mix with a gravelly bottom. Water regularly; do not overwater. It can be found mostly in slightly dry, sunny areas.