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Lilium rhodopeum

Lilium rhodopeum
Photo: Ernst Gügel, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lilium rhodopeum is a rare Balkan lily, endemic to the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria and Greece, where it grows in alpine meadows. It is critically endangered in the wild and is seldom grown in gardens, so it is best left to specialist collectors.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly during spring and summer growth, then keep drier after flowering.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich, slightly acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C in the growing season; hardy to about -15 °C when dormant.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Bulgaria (C. Rodopi) to NE. Greece
Climate
temperate

About

Lilium rhodopeum is a European species of plants in the lily family. It is endemic to the Rhodopi Mountains of Bulgaria and Greece, where it is found in alpine meadows and on mountain slopes. It is as critically endangered and listed as an IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) red list threatened species. This Balkan endemic can be found in Bulgaria and Greece where it is native to the Rhodopi mountains from which it takes it name.

Other Lilium plants

Albanian Lily · Lovable lily · Lilium arboricola · Gold Rayed Lily · Baker's Lily · Bolander's lily · Lilium bosniacum · Lilium brownii var. viridulum · Chinese Lily · Orange lily · Canada lily · Madonna lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilium rhodopeum 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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