

Plant Profiles
Scheherazade Lily
(Lilium 鈥楽cheherazade鈥)
Jim Ault, director of ornamental plant research, loves lilies, especially the Orienpets, hybrids between the Oriental and Trumpet lilies. 鈥溾楽cheherazade鈥 is an older Orienpet, lacking the fragrance of the newer selections but making up for it with a profusion of 6-inch-wide flowers in raspberry-red with a green-and-yellow throat and white edging,鈥 Ault said. A reliable and hardy perennial, 鈥楽cheherazade鈥 begins flowering in July through August on vigorous, disease-free stems that can tower above 7 feet; visitors will find this lily in the Bulb Garden.