Giant Himalayan Lily
- Product number: 705320.1
- Origin: China and Japan
- Latin: Cardiocrinum giganteum
A special and spectacular member of the lily family from China and Japan. In its first years, the plant “only” shows a beautiful, hosta or arum-like plant. The yunnanensis variety is considered the absolute “King” of this species, due to its deep green leaves (purple-bronze when young) and deep red veins and stem. After a few years, the plant produces an eruption of slightly downward-pointing, large trumpet-shaped flowers at a height of 1.5-2.5m: white with a beautiful wine-red throat. Protect the plant well in winter or store the bulbs frost-free. A few hours of sun per day is the best condition; too much sun causes leaf burn. Our photos usually show the common C. giganteum!
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Latin: Cardiocrinum giganteum
Dutch: Himalaya Reuzenlelie
English: Giant Lily
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- Flower colour: White trumpet-shaped flowers with a wine-red throat
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Bulb / tuber size: I
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- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Origin: China and Japan
- Ease of cultivation: Advanced
- Latin: Cardiocrinum giganteum
- Dutch: Himalayan Giant Lily
- Also known as: N/A
- English: Giant Lily
