Philippine Lily – 1 Quart Pot

An exquisite, quite rare subtropical lily from the Philippines, this one resembles an Easter Lily on steroids, but that blooms in late summer! Long drooping buds atop tall leafy stems open into absolutely beautiful and sweetly fragrant flared white trumpets with green throats up to 8 inches in length. The fragrance is magnificent! You can expect a cluster of up to 6 flowers per stem. Leave the spent flower stalks in the garden for winter interest.

Growing up to 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide, the Philippine Lily can be grown in outdoor garden beds year round in USDA Zones 9a to 11, where it can be useful as a vertical accent in smaller garden spaces or a towering background plant in perennial borders. In zones further north it can be grown in containers that can be overwintered indoors. 

Suggested Spacing:  18″ apart for mass plantings

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a, where the Phillipine Lily is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

The Philippine Lily can be grown year round outdoors in USDA Zones 9a-11. In it’s native habitat this lily grows in a well-drained coralline limestone alkaline soil, so it’s a good idea to add some limestone to the soil. The plant grows well in full sun to part shade.