Lilium ‘Black Beauty’ is undoubtedly one of the most striking and hardy garden lilies. Its brilliant, deep raspberry-red, white-edged flowers, with their elegantly reflexed petals, float above the flower beds in midsummer, when many other garden perennials are already looking a bit tired.
It thrives best in a sunny to partially shaded location in humus-rich, well-drained soil. With its upright growth habit, it adds height and structure to a planting and can be combined in many ways with perennials. It is highly competitive—at HORTVS, these exquisite summer-bloomers have been growing for many years amidst dense stands of ostrich fern (Mattheuccia strutiopteris).
From July through August, numerous large flowers bloom on stems up to two meters tall. They attract bees and butterflies and also make excellent long-lasting cut flowers.
Lilium ‘Black Beauty’ becomes more and more impressive as the years go by. Well-established plants produce an increasing number of flower stalks and bloom profusely every summer. It is one of the long-lived lilies that thrive in the same spot for many years, steadily gaining in presence.
