Description
Named after Max Leichtlin. This Japanese species has large, fragrant, lemon yellow flowers with many red-purple spots. This beauty, on an about 90cm high stem, can be admired from July, often in airy clusters of more than twelve flowers. For a place in humus-rich soil in partial shade.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF LILIACEAE
Approximately one hundred species of the genus Lily are known. The number of cultivars is growing steadily and runs into the thousands. The species are found in woodland regions of Europe, Central and South Asia, extending to the Philippines and North America.
Many lilies are fragrant. The symbol of purity and innocence! They belong to the oldest known plants and are rightly elevated to the queens of beauty among garden plants.
