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St Bruno's Lily

Paradisea liliastrum

St Bruno's Lily
Photo: Pethan - [1], CC BY-SA 3.0

St Bruno's lily is a hardy, tuberous perennial from mountain meadows in the Alps, Pyrenees and Apennines, grown for its fragrant white trumpet flowers. It needs cool conditions, moist but well-drained soil and sun to part shade.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist during growth, but avoid waterlogging, especially in winter.
Soil
Moist but well-drained, gritty or loamy soil.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; prefers cool summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & E. Pyrenees, Alps, Appennini
Climate
temperate

About

Paradisea liliastrum (or St Bruno's lily) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Apennines.

How to grow it

This species has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

This plant is propagated by seed. They should be grown in partial or full sunlight in moist, but well-drained soil.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paradisea liliastrum 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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