Lilium michiganense Shelby Kniphofia This vigorously multiplying hybrid (possibly

This vigorously multiplying hybrid (possibly Crinum 'JC Harvey' x Crinum scabrum) was hybridized in Florida during the 1920s by Louis Bosanquet and named after his wife

the large purple jug-like flowers adorn the base of the plant

the old foliage burned off

where it grows in wet seeps

10") and with much longer and more blunt tipped petals than T

Lilium michiganense Shelby Kniphofia This vigorously multiplying hybrid (possiblyLilium michiganense 'Shelby' is a Shelby County, Alabama, discovery shared by native plantswoman Jan Midgley. The 4' tall stalks are clothed with whorled leaves and topped with 3 5 pendent flower buds that open in early June 3. 5" wide orange red flowers with strongly recurved petals and a yellow orange throat with cinnamon spots. Moist, rich soils and several hours of full sun are ideal for this stoloniferous native lily that forms a 2 3' wide clump