Lilium philadelphicum

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Lilium philadelphicum
Light:Full Sun Part Shade
Moisture:Mesic
Hardiness:4
Soil pH:5.6-8.4
Height:3'
Width:1'
Blooms:Early Summer-Mid Summer
Open Woods Forest
Native to:
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Tea:Yes
Poisonous

Lilium philadelphicum (common name: wood lily)

Propagation: Seed - immediate epigeal germination[1]. Sow thinly in pots from late winter to early spring in a cold frame. Should germinate in 2 - 4 weeks[2]. One report suggests that the seed might have delayed hypogeal germination[2]. In this case it would be best to sow the seed as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame because stored seed would require a warm/cold/warm cycle of stratification before the seed would germinate[2]. Great care should be taken in pricking out the young seedlings, many people prefer to leave them in the seed pot until they die down at the end of their second years growth. This necessitates sowing the seed thinly and using a reasonably fertile sowing medium. The plants will also require regular feeding when in growth. Divide the young bulbs when they are dormant, putting 2 - 3 in each pot, and grow them on for at least another year before planting them out into their permanent positions when the plants are dormant[K].

Division with care in the autumn once the leaves have died down. Replant immediately[3].

Bulb scales can be removed from the bulbs in early autumn. If they are kept in a warm dark place in a bag of moist peat, they will produce bulblets. These bulblets can be potted up and grown on in the greenhouse until they are large enough to plant out[3].

Cultivation: Requires a well-drained humus-rich soil and a cool moist root run[4][5][6]. Likes a warm position with moisture in summer[7].

Stoloniferous[3]. Plants are rather difficult to establish[6]. Early to mid autumn is the best time to plant out the bulbs in cool temperate areas, in warmer areas they can be planted out as late as late autumn[3].

A very ornamental plant[4], it requires protection from rain in winter[6].

The plant should be protected against rabbits and slugs in early spring. If the shoot tip is eaten out the bulb will not grow in that year and will lose vigour[3].

Range: Eastern N. America - Maine to Ontario, south to North Carolina and West Virginia.

Habitat: Heavy, often somewhat alkaline, meadows to montane forest[8]. Usually found in drier woodlands on acid sandy loams[9][7].

Edibility: Bulb - cooked[10]. Used as a potato substitute[11][12][13][14]. Starchy and slightly sweet[15]. Rather small, it is up to 25mm in diameter[16].

Medicinal: A tea made from the bulbs is used in the treatment of stomach complaints, coughs, fevers etc[17][10]. The crushed bulb is applied externally as a poultice to swellings, bruises, wounds, sores etc[17][10].

A poultice of the flowers is applied to spider bites[17].

Pollinators: Bees

Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.

Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.

Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Early Fall

Flower Type: Hermaphrodite

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References

  1. ↑ Royal Horticultural Society. The Plantsman Vol. 4. 1982 - 1983. Royal Horticultural Society, 1982.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reed, David. Lilies and Related Plants. 1989.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
  5. ↑ Grey, Charles. Hardy Bulbs. Williams & Norgate, 1938.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Woodcock, Hubert. Lilies - Their Culture and Management. Country Life, 1935.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fox, Derek. Growing Lilies. Croom Helm, 1985.
  8. ↑ Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
  9. ↑ Lyndon, Merritt. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co, 1950.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
  11. ↑ Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
  12. ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
  13. ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
  14. ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.
  15. ↑ Harrington, Harold. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press, 1967.
  16. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel and Addison Brown. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. Dover Publications, 1970.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Foster, Steven and Billy Tatum. Medicinal Plants of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.


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