Paradisea lusitanica
St Bruno's lily, Paradise lily
Also known as Paradisea liliastrum
- Height × spread
- 0.5m × 0.6m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This attractive plant has long slender rather grassy leaves that are held in arching clumps. They are coloured grey green. The flowers are held on columnar flowering stalks above the foliage. They are pure white and fan shaped and open their petalled mouths wide to starry effect. They are actually carried on one side of the flowering spike and the little petals are actually green tipped. (One does not always notice these things.) This flowers in June and July. This lovely plant enjoys sun or part shade and likes fertile soil that is well drained. The plant grows from a rhizome.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Column
- Height
- 0.5m
- Spread
- 0.6m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.