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Taiwan Lily

Taiwan Lily
Photo: Lorna Rose
Invasive Plant
Taiwan Lily
Lilium formosanum
 

Growing up to 1m in height this invasive bulbous plant has long slender stems covered with long narrow mid-green leaves. The trumpet shaped flowers are fragrant and appear in early Summer followed by seed pods holding many thousands of winged seeds.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • The plant seeds readily and these are scattered easily by the long willowy stems as they move on the breeze.
  • Seeds germinate readily and bulb-lets also spread through soil movement and water.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Hemerocallis species and hybrids - Day Lilies
  • Arthropodium cirrhatum "Matapouri Bay" - NZ Rock Lily

Ask your local retailer for more superior selections

 

Alternative Plants

Flax Lilies
Photo: immij floramedia
Alternative Plant Flax Lilies
Dianella species
Trees and Shrubs
 

Excellent Australian native selection with mid-dark green arching foliage and sprays of blue flowers followed by bright blue berries. There has been a proliferation of Dianella cultivars with a wide range of foliage colours and growth habits in recent years. Ask your retailer for the most reliable local selections.

Spider Lily
Photo: Norwood
Alternative Plant Spider Lily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Bulbous Plants
 

Fleshy strap like leaves emerge from underground bulbs to form thick clumps. Spectacular white scented flowers emerge in clusters from 75cm high flower stalks. The flowers have six spider like petals that surround a white inner corona. This plant is particularly showy and can spot flower several times in the warmer months.

Swamp Lily
Photo: Lorna Rose
Alternative Plant Swamp Lily
Crinum pedunculatum
Trees and Shrubs
 

Robust clumping plant with thick leathery leaves which will grow in heavy water laden soils, saline situations and even the seashore. In spring and summer it produces several stout flowering stems with large clusters of thinly petalled white lily type flowers.

 
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