The Tiger Lily , also known as Lilium lancifolium or L. tigrinum , is a efflorescence plant belong to the genus Lilium . Native to China , Japan , and Korea , this perennial has a bright orange peak covered with black or deep reddish dapple , resemble the pelt of a tiger . It is debate a cross because it has not been found growing wild in its native lands . In 2002 , the tiger lily won The Royal Horticultural Society ’s Award of Garden Merit .
Panthera tigris lilies are bulbous perennial . They will get back class after yr if in good order cared for . These 3- to 4 - metrical unit - marvellous flowers grow well in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant life hardiness zones 4 through 9 . They produce hirsute stems covered with greenish , fizgig - shaped leaf and midsummer blooms with petals that curl rearward . The flowers are bright orangish with smutty spots . Mature tiger lily bulb can recrudesce at least ten 2 - in - wide flowers each summer .
Tiger lilies opt full Sunday to partial shade and well - draining , copious filth . They are relatively broken sustenance and can be constitute in either leap or downslope . These flora are drought - tolerant but still require regular tearing , especially during dry periods . An lotion of compost around the base of the plants each year in the outflow allow for all the nutriment they need as their bulbs form lump throughout the garden layer .
The vivid orangish flowers offer the nurseryman a beautiful undercut flower , which lasts up to two workweek in a vase . Panthera tigris lilies mature well with other perennials in flower borders , gardens and containers . The tall peak of the Panthera tigris lily flower stalks make a vertical texture that looks visually pleasing in front of bush . When caring for Panthera tigris lilies , cut back the foliage after the first frost , which helps them overwinter successfully .
Tiger Lily Plant Propagation
multiplication From division
Propagation from Bulbils
Planting and Care
Common Problems Associated With Growing Tiger Lily
Major Cultivars of Tiger Lily
Flore Pleno ( Double Tiger Lily )
This cultivar features double flush with layers of orangish petal adorned with glum spots .
White Tiger
This refined cultivar has pure whitened flowers with a smattering of maroon stain .
Yellow Tiger
This cultivar bears hopeful yellow-bellied flowers with dark brownish spots .
Pink Tiger
This cultivar has fragile pinkish flowers with obscure spots .
Tigrinum Splendens
This cultivar produces a profusion of hopeful orange flower with dark maroon spots .
Tiger baby
This cultivar produces a multitude of smaller , orangish flowers with dark spots .
Red Velvet
This cultivar has inscrutable ruddy flowers with dark dark-brown spots .
Night Flyer
This cultivar feature sullen crimson flowers with a closely black center and prominent maroon spots .
Pink Flight
This cultivar has a piano pink flowers with a strewing of maroon spots .
White Twinkle
This cultivar produces pristine white flowers with a handful of blue spots .
