Lilium ‘Hotline’

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We first saw this brand-new Oriental Lily at Longwood Garden’s Lilytopia in 2010 and knew it would be a winner. The spectacular blooms are gleaming white, finely edged with hot pink, and rich with fragrance. ‘Hotline’ is a vigorous, late-summer treat.

Lilies are one of the truly great garden plants. Their beauty, diversity, extended season of bloom, exquisite fragrance, graceful stature, and reliable disposition reflect the fruits of hundreds of years of selective breeding. Your garden should not be without them, whether you manage acres of mixed borders or a few pots on a city balcony.

Lilies prefer cool soil, which argues for shade at their feet from low-growing companions such as Ferns, Geraniums, or Hellebores. Plant Lilies in well-drained soil where they will receive 6–8 hours of sun a day. Delicate and graceful Species Lilies carry their flowers on candelebra-shaped stems and are generally more tolerant of shade. When cutting the flowers for bouquets, remove no more than 1/3 of the stem. This provides sufficient leaves on the remaining stem to renew the bulb for the coming year.

For more information on the growing and care of Lilium, click on Growing Guide.