Turk's Cap Lily Seed Packet
SKU: AM013413
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Overview
Lilium superbum is our most spectacular and largest native lily, a treasure for wild gardens. Perennial
key features
Botanical Name
Lilium superbum
Advantages
Native, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Low Maintenance, Naturalizes, Mass Plantings
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Life Cycle
Perennial
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Soil Moisture
Average
Mature Height
Up to 72" tall (6 feet)
Seed Coverage
covers 5-10 square feet
Bloom Time
Mid to late summer
SKU
AM013413
Description
Turk's Cap lilies are the ones that some long-ago botanist thought looked like turbans, the headgear of the Turks. It means the blooms face downward like large bells, and each petal tip curves back as on a "turk's cap." Native from New England all the way to Florida, and west to Illinois, the American Turk's Cap is not common, so if you can cultivate it in your wild garden, it will be special. (the bulbs were cooked for soups by the early Indians.)
Remember, you are planting seeds, and they will take a year or more to make a bulb, and then the tall stem, buds and blooms can form, so be patient with your "Turk's Cap Lily."
