Lilium regale 'Album'
Regal lily, Royal lily
- Height × spread
- 1.8m × 0.5m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
An exotic and exuberant lily that has upright stalks covered in masses of long slim leaves. These are small beer against the large trumpet flowers that whorl round the top of the stalks. A mature specimen may carry 16 blooms on a single stem. They form long regular horizontally held fans, coloured white with soft pink lines at the centre of the outside of the petals. The unopened buds are more noticeably striped and suffused with pink. The inside of the trumpet flowers reveals flared petals and a snowy interior with stamens and anthers contained within it. They carry a heavy and exquisite perfume. This particularly enjoys chalky soil and some shade.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, floral-jonquil
- Shape
- Column
- Height
- 1.8m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Hazards
- Yes, potentially harmful
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Feed with high potash feed several times
Apply a fertiliser that is high in potash (potassium) several times while the plant is in flower.
Where fertiliser values are listed on a packet they are in order - nitrogen, phosphate, potassium with percentage values of each. For high potash choose a fertiliser where potassium is higher.
Spring-Winter · Planting
Remove bulbils & bulblets
As the plants begin to enter dormancy, it is possible to remove the tiny bulbils that are growing in leaf axils and any bulblets around its base. These can be potted up and grown on to create new plants.
Summer
Summer-Autumn · Planting
Support tall stems
The plant may require support for long stems. Provide an artificial frame which it can grow through, or loosely tie the whole plant. A network of twigs can be woven together to provide a framework through which the plant can grow.
Tall stems can lean or be battered by weather. Support the plant to keep its vertical lines, aiming for a natural appearance which is easy on the eye.
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