Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii
A hardier species of Cardiocrinum related to the giant Himalayan lily, C. cordatum var. glehnii has 6 foot stems of fragrant white trumpets.
Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii is a giant woodland lily from Japan with bold heart-shaped leaves to three feet tall. Much hardier than the Himalayan C. giganteum and hardy in much of Canada. The spikes of showy white flowers with red and green accents rise to four to six feet in summer in the year that the bulb reaches flowering size. Each bulb blooms only once and then dies but daughter bulbs are produced in their year of bloom. Rich, moist soil, woodland conditions.
Common Name: Giant Lily
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Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Bloom Time: Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
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Fragrance: Yes
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Broadleaved, deciduous forests in eastern Asia and ranges from central Honshu northward to Hokkaido, Japan, and to Sakhalin and the southern part of the Kurile Islands.
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