Lilies

Lilies of different kinds are commonly found all across the globe. Lilies come in different shapes, sizes and colors.

Lilies are really excellent plants for beds and borders. Lilies are suitable for use in a shrub border, as accent plants, a formal or naturalized pool planting. Even some of the small species would fit perfectly in an alpine rock garden. 

 

Kingdom

Plantae

Division

Magnoliophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Liliaceae

Genus

Lilium 

The Lily flower symbolizes purity and refined beauty. Based on the colour or type, the Lily flower can convey different meanings.

White  lilymodesty and virginity

orange  lilypassion

yellow  lilygaiety

Lily of the valleysweetness and purity of heart

Easter lilysymbol of Virgin Mary

Due to its regal beauty and the variety in color and type that can symbolise a variety of meanings, Lilies are also popular flowers for gifting purposes. Among the flower bouquets of lilies, stargazer and cassablanca lily bouquets are the most sought after floral bouquets. Besides bouquets, lily bulbs as well as potted lily plants are also popular gifts.

Some Interesting Facts about Lilies

Lilies are one of the most beautiful, and graceful of all summer-blooming flowers.

Lilies belong to the Lilium genus consisting of less than 100 known species, occurring in all parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Lilium, the genus, is the Latin form of the Greek word 'Lerion' for the Madonna Lily.

Red lily was first described by the famous Swedish botanist Carl von Linne (Linnaeus) in 1753.

Lilies are believed to have been under cultivation longer than any other ornamental flower, having existed in gardens 3,000 years ago.Floral designs, particularly of Lilies, made their appearance and became very popular in the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) is the archetypal flower symbolising purity. The association of Madonna Lily with the Virgin Mary dates back to an early Christian legend, in which her tomb was filled with Lilies after her assumption into heaven.