Full Sun
Moderate care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
8a
USDA zone
-12°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 30cm |
30cm | Min | 10cm |
4 years to reach maturity
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
This plant has a mild fragrance
Overview
Lilium 'Maru' is an oriental hybrid lily that produces attractive red and white flowers with a slight fragrance. These summer flowering perennials have a dwarf habit that makes them a useful addition to mixed containers or free draining garden borders.
Common problems
Harvesting
Flowers can be cut for floral arrangements as required.
Propagation
Bulbs
Lift bulbs when dormant and gently peel off external scales making sure each has a small amount of the flat base attached. Replant the parent bulb straight away. Insert the scales halfway into a pot free-draining potting compost, ensuring the pointed tip is upright. Place this container into an unheated greenhouse or cold frame over winter. Keep the soil moist, but not wet. Bulblets will form over the summer and produce leaves in autumn. Plant up these young plants in spring into individual seven cm pots. Keep in a sheltered, partially shaded spot. In the autumn - year two - plant into the ground, three times their diameter deep. Plants can take two more years before they produce flowers.
Special Features
Attractive flowers
Pot plant
This bulb suits being grown in large containers.