Lilium (/ ˈlɪliəm / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.
Learn about 40 different types of lilies and see beautiful pictures of them, too. From Asiatic and Oriental to Easter Lily flowers and more.
Lily, genus of 80 to 100 species of herbaceous flowering plants of the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Many are prized ornamental plants and have been extensively hybridized.
With colorful, star-shaped flowers, lilies add elegance and fragrance to any garden. By carefully blending early, midseason, and late varieties of lily into your garden, you will enjoy their magnificent blooms from spring through first frost. Learn more.
Fragrant lilies for cut flowers? Take a look at our quick facts to see what each type of lily has to offer. Our tour though each lily division will introduce to some of the classic pure white lilies, but there are also many colored lilies in gorgeous shades of yellow, orange, pink, purple, and red. Wild Lilies (Also Known As Division 9)
We can’t tell you about each one, but lilies are classified into several broad categories according to various traits that they share in common. So let’s look at them according to the classification system into which they have been placed.