{"id":2723,"date":"2012-04-12T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2012-03-19T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:03:39","slug":"turk%e2%80%99s-cap-lily-for-your-summer-enjoyment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/04\/12\/turk%e2%80%99s-cap-lily-for-your-summer-enjoyment\/","title":{"rendered":"Turk\u2019s Cap Lily for Your Summer Enjoyment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turk's Cap Lily in Tennessee Garden (photo by Joy Stewart, Bristol, TN)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Turk\u2019s cap lily (Lilium superbum<\/em>) is native perennial\u00a0started from bulbs. The strong single stem grows up to 6 feet tall. Leaves generally form in whorls of 3-9 along the stem. The lanceolate leaves are individually upwards of 7 inches\u00a0longand 1 inch\u00a0wide, and rather stiff to the touch.<\/div>\n

Upwards of 1-12 flowers\u00a0nod downward from 4-8″ long stalks branched\u00a0along the main stem. Each orange trumpet-shaped flower is 3-4 inches across, with 6 tepals (petals) which flare outward and reflex\u00a0backward\u00a0toward the base of the flower. Tepal colors\u00a0range from orange to dark orange and\u00a0are marked with numerous brownish purple dots in the throat of the flower. Long reddish brown stamens\u00a0extend from the flower, tipped by reddish brown pollen sacs.<\/p>\n

Turk\u2019s cap lily blooms in early to mid-summer for approximately\u00a0one month. Flowers emit a slight fragrance. Pollinated flowers form seedpods\u00a0filled with\u00a0thin papery winged seeds. Below ground bulbs also develop\u00a0 a few offsets which can be dug up and replanted.<\/p>\n

Turk’s caps thrive in moist meadows and open forest lands in the U.S. They prefer full or partial sunlight (6-hours minimum) and an organically\u00a0rich loamy garden soil.\u00a0Established plants can cope with modest dry spells. Starting Turk\u2019s caps from seed is slow, taking four years or more\u00a0to attain flowering bulb size. This limits their availability in the marketplace.<\/p>\n

The large showy flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths. Deer\u00a0 consume aboveground vegetation and bulbous roots are relished by voles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Turk\u2019s cap lily (Lilium superbum) is native perennial\u00a0started from bulbs. The strong single stem grows up to 6 feet tall. Leaves generally form in whorls of 3-9 along the stem. The lanceolate leaves are individually upwards of 7 inches\u00a0longand 1 inch\u00a0wide, and rather stiff to the touch. Upwards of 1-12 flowers\u00a0nod downward from 4-8″ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,749,605,626,602,745,860,627,625,777,630,706,861],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2879,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}