Carlton CarnivoresNew flower: Lilium formosanum!
Named after an old name for the place it hails from, the Formosa Lily is an endemic to Taiwan, and is both an easy and spectacular plant to grow. Cold hardy to at least my zone (5) despite its subtropical origin, they are capable of blooming less than a year after sprouting. Stems are lined with filiform leaves and can reach between 4 and 7 feet tall at full maturity, topped from mid summer to late fall with huge 10-inch plus trumpet blooms (this first-year flower is comically oversized compared to hardly foot-tall stem it’s on right now). The flowers are elegant in their simplicity, sometimes entirely white throughout and other times blushed or striped with pink on the exterior of the tepals, like this one is. Occasionally they may give off sweet aromas, and supposedly even after done blooming they remain ornamental as the seedpods and spent stalks bend upward in a candelabra-style shape that can remain all winter long.
This species is currently available in the Shop, and this is a great time to purchase to plant into the still-warm ground before winter. If you’re lucky you might even get the one that has a flower bud developing!
#lilium #liliumformosanum #lily #flowers #plants #educational #plantsathome #botany #plantsmakepeoplehappy #horticulture #botanical #gardening #carltoncarnivores
Named after an old name for the place it hails from, the Formosa Lily is an endemic to Taiwan, and is both an easy and spectacular plant to grow. Cold hardy to at least my zone (5) despite its subtropical origin, they are capable of blooming less than a year after sprouting. Stems are lined with filiform leaves and can reach between 4 and 7 feet tall at full maturity, topped from mid summer to late fall with huge 10-inch plus trumpet blooms (this first-year flower is comically oversized compared to hardly foot-tall stem it’s on right now). The flowers are elegant in their simplicity, sometimes entirely white throughout and other times blushed or striped with pink on the exterior of the tepals, like this one is. Occasionally they may give off sweet aromas, and supposedly even after done blooming they remain ornamental as the seedpods and spent stalks bend upward in a candelabra-style shape that can remain all winter long.
This species is currently available in the Shop, and this is a great time to purchase to plant into the still-warm ground before winter. If you’re lucky you might even get the one that has a flower bud developing!
#lilium #liliumformosanum #lily #flowers #plants #educational #plantsathome #botany #plantsmakepeoplehappy #horticulture #botanical #gardening #carltoncarnivores
