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Sugar Love Lily

Lilium 'Sugar Love'

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ZONES  4-9 | Good to grow! Zone

Sugar Love Lily produces lovely bicolor blooms with bright white centers shifting to vibrant pink toward the tip of each petal. Handsome deep green, whorled foliage and compact growth make an ideal container specimen. Enjoy butterflies, and other pollinators visiting the showy summer blooms. A delightful cut flower. (Lilium asiaticum)

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Description

24-28" tall x size" wide. The strong slender stalks of Sugar Love Lily (Lilium asiaticum) are topped with clusters of blooms for long-lasting color. Sugar Love Lily has stunning, bicolor blooms with vibrant pink tips and white centers. A low-growing lily perfect for massing near the front of mixed borders. Easy to grow in moist, well-drained soils, provide full sun to partial sun for vigorous blooms. Plants naturally multiply over time, gently clumping to increase the number and strength of flower stems. Water regularly during active growth when rainfall is inadequate. Harvest stems of Sugar Love for flower arrangements when the lower buds show color and just begin to open. Clip the anthers to prevent messy pollen from staining table cloths. Do not remove more than one-third of the stem when cutting as plants need energy produced by the foliage to replenish bulbs for next season.

Planting & Care

Growing Lilies: True lilies (which don't include daylilies and others which are not in the genus Lilium) are easy to grow today, and more popular every season. Since they are upright and take practically no space at ground level, it's easy to plant lilies between other established perennials and shrubs. Most can also tolerate some shade, which adds versatility for the gardener. There are many lily groups, but to keep it simple, we will consider only a few of the main types that are important to gardeners. Each lily we ship includes complete instructions for planting. So don't hesitate. You can easily bring the spectacular beauty of lily flowers to any summer meadow or garden.

'Wild' Lilies or 'Species' Lilies These are the true wildflowers from the world over. They are the ones all the glamorous hybrids are descended from. We're fortunate to have some of these botanical treasures on our list of lilies this season.

Oriental Hybrid Lilies are the now famous, very fragrant ones with large, flattened flowers such as red Stargazer and white Casa Blanca. These are the ones now so popular in the floral trade, but are also very easy to grow. They bloom from mid-summer through early fall. Most have very large, outward-facing, fragrant flowers.

Asiatic Hybrid Lilies are today's largest group of garden lilies, quite easy to 'naturalize'. This growing group of lilies was begun by hybridizers in the US, and were first called 'Mid-Century Hybrids.' Compared to Orientals, the Asiatic Hybrid lilies bloom earlier (early to mid summer), the plants are shorter, the flowers a bit smaller, and most blooms are upward-facing and star-shaped. Some of the most famous Asiatic Hybrids are yellow 'Connecticut King,' and the famous red, 'Gran Paradiso.'

Tiger Lilies. This group is led by the famous old orange wild lily, which used to be called Lilium tigrinum. Botanists have changed that to Lilum lancifolium, but that doesn't stop most people (including us) from using the old name 'tigrinum.' From the original orange, the hybridizers have created new colors from white to pink. All have the large flowers, black spots, and tough perennial qualities of the original. (By the way, don't call any old spotted orange lily 'tiger lily'. This one is the real thing, and no lily common name is more mis-used.)

Trumpet Lilies Sometimes called 'Aurelian Hybrids' or other names, the large, tall trumpet lilies are all descended from The Regal Lily, a white wild species lily from China. All are incredibly fragrant, and wonderful for cutting. They grow tall, and often need staking, since a well-grown stalk can have over 15 huge flowers. 

Further Reading

Shipping

As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (802) 227-7200 or contact us by email or chat.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Early to mid summer

Advantages

  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Container Planting
  • Small Spaces

Additional information

Mature Height

24-28" tall

Bulb Spacing

3 per sq ft or 8-12" apart

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average

Flower Bulb Size

14-16 cm

Planting Depth

6" deep

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Flower Size

4-5" flowers

Plant Classification

Introduced Cultivar

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
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