Lilium longiflorum or Easter Lily is a Trumpet lily that is a native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and Taiwan. This pure white lily is often (through art works) associated with the Virgin Mary it symbolizesboth purity and resurrection.
Lilium longiflorum usually are flowering in mid summer, so the Easter lilies actaully seen at easter are forced in the Northern Hemisphere and held back in the Southern Hemispshere.
Lilium longiflorum with its large white trumpet shaped flowers can be grown in pots or in the ground in a humus rich well drained position. Plant bulbs 3-4 inches deep in a well drained humus rich soil.
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