Garden Home host P. Allen Smith show us how lilies are one of those plants that offer a big return on your investment. Just a little effort in planting the bulbs will reap years of fragrant, colorful blooms. Their bright colors call in butterflies and bees, the lily's primary pollination assistants. Insect helpers jump from flower to flower, carrying pollen from the stamens to the pistils.

Topics Include:
Types of Lilies
Caring for Lilies
Working with Cut Lilies
Pineapple Lilies

Lilium is a large family of plants and some are easier to grow than others. Three common types are Asiatic, Oriental and Trumpet.

Asiatic Hybrids — One of the most carefree summer bulbs that I grow in my garden are Asiatic lilies. They are perfect for cutting gardens and containers. I like to add five to 10 bulbs to my raised vegetable garden so I will have plenty on hand to use as cut flowers later in the summer. Asiatics are early to bloom and easy to grow. They don’t have much fragrance but they make up for it in color.

Oriental Hybrids — Like a Southern grand dame dressed in her Sunday best, Oriental lilies are bright, flamboyant and heavily perfumed! I can’t imagine my garden without these royal beauties. They will perform well in partial shade.

Trumpet and Aurelian Hybrids — The lilies in this group tend to bear striking trumpet-shaped blooms on tall stalks. Many are quite fragrant too. The flowers are so large the plant may require staking.

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"Bloom with Us" is a partnership with First Community Bank and P. Allen Smith to design and install pollinator gardens in an effort to raise awareness of the benefits of pollinators.

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