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Leopard lily

Lilium pardalinum

Also called Panther Lily

Leopard lily
Photo: Jackgreen23?, CC BY-SA 4.0

A tall native bulbous perennial from western North America with Turk's-cap, red-orange flowers spotted brown, usually blooming in July. It grows best in cool, moist soil, often near streams or in damp meadows.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist during the growing season, and let it drain well in winter.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Cool to temperate; hardy in cold winters, but protect from prolonged heat and drought.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Oregon to Mexico (N. Baja California)
Climate
temperate

About

Lilium pardalinum, also known as the leopard lily or panther lily, is a flowering bulbous perennial plant in the lily family, native to Oregon, California, and Baja California. It usually grows in damp areas. Its range includes California chaparral and woodlands habitats and the Sierra Nevada.

How to grow it

Lilium pardalinum is cultivated by specialty plant nurseries as an ornamental plant, for use in native plant gardens and wildlife gardening; as well as providing height and colour in the flower border and for cut flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Lilium plants

Gold Rayed Lily · Orange lily · Canada lily · Madonna lily · Columbia lily · David's Lily · Formosa lily · Hanson's Lily · Henry's lily · Humboldt lily · Tiger lily · Easter lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilium pardalinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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