Turk's cap lily
Also known as: great American Turk's cap lily; swamp lily; Turk's head lily
L. superbum is a vigorous stem-rooting lily with purple-mottled green stems and linear bright green leaves; in late summer and early autumn it produces long racemes of up to 40 pendent turkscap flowers, to 7cm across, with red-flushed orange tepals, green towards the bases and spotted maroon
Scientific classification
- Species
- Turk's cap lily (Lilium superbum)
- Genus
- Lilium
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Ornamental bulbs - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Columnar upright
- Habit
- Spring · Summer
- Season of interest
- Full sun · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Turk's cap lily
Distribution map
Eastern United States
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Culture
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Toxicity
Ornamental bulbs - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Quick identification of Turk's cap lily
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Turk's cap lily care guide
- Keep soil evenly moist but never waterlogged
- Watering
- Full sun · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Keep soil evenly moist but never waterlogged
Fertilizing
FertilizingBulb feed at shoot emergence and during bud stage
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed, sown, when ripe, in containers in a cold frame or separate offsets after the foliage dies down
Growing
GrowingGrow in neutral to acid well-drained soil enriched with leaf mould or well-rotted organic matter
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Grey moulds and a virus may cause problems, see lily diseases
Pests
May be susceptible to lily beetle, aphids, slugs, snails, Thrips, leatherjackets, and wireworms, and to damage by rabbits and voles; plants in containers may be affected by vine weevil
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