{"id":8825,"date":"2016-07-13T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2016-07-06T17:08:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:08:52","slug":"comparing-oriental-lilies-to-asiatic-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/07\/13\/comparing-oriental-lilies-to-asiatic-lilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Oriental Lilies To Asiatic Lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Black Beauty’ Orienpet Hybrid Lily<\/p><\/div>\n

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Asiatic Hybrid Lily<\/p><\/div>\n

Both Asiatic and Oriental lilies (Lilium spp.<\/em>) are popular lilies in U.S. gardens. Hybrid cultivars share traits of both\u00a0species. Lilies\u00a0grow in a wide variety of soil types and are not pH sensitive. They flower in full to part partial sun (5 hours minimum of sunlight). \u00a0Both prefer a well-drained soil and mulch to keep roots moist and cool.<\/p>\n

Both Oriental and Asiatic lilies are top-notch garden performers. Oriental lilies enjoy cooler summer temperatures and are best\u00a0planted in afternoon shade or all-day dappled sunlight in hotter climates.\u00a0 In mild climate summers, where the average temperature doesn’t usually exceed 90 degrees during July and August, Oriental lilies do equally well in full sun or light shade. No winter mulch is required if your climate is warmer than USDA hardiness zones 6-9.<\/p>\n

Flower Fragrance<\/strong>: Asiatic lily flowers have little or no fragrance, and oriental lily flowers are large,\u00a0exotic (often frilly), and heavily scented.<\/p>\n

Cold Hardiness<\/strong>: Asiatics prefer colder winters to reset bloom (zones 1 to 9); Orientals (zones 6 to 9), down to zone 4 (if roots are mulched). Asiatic roots are not heat tolerant.\u00a0 Plants grow shorter and rarely require staking.<\/p>\n

Staking<\/strong>: Asiatic lilies\u00a0grow\u00a01 to 6\u00a0feet tall. Oriental lily plants can grow 2-8 feet tall. Although stems are sturdy, Oriental lilies frequently need staking because their heavy trumpet flowers may topple over in windy or rainy weather.<\/p>\n

Foliage<\/strong>: Asiatics generally have shiny 4 to 5 inch long leaves clustered close to one another on the stem.\u00a0The leaf color is typically bright green.\u00a0Oriental leaves are wider in the middle and longer, spaced further apart on the stem. \u00a0Leaf color is typically dull green.<\/p>\n

Dividing Bulbs<\/strong>: Asiatic lilies tend to double themselves from one year to the next. Oriental lily bulbs also increase in size and increase in bloom count each year. Bulbs\u00a0should be harvested and divided every 3 to 5 years to prevent over-crowding in the bed.<\/p>\n

Varietal Choices<\/strong>:\u00a0Asiatics offer the widest choices\u00a0of flower colors and choices from pastels to almost any\u00a0colors\u00a0of the\u00a0rainbow. \u00a0Asiatics usually come in\u00a0single colors, while Orientals blooms are white, yellow and pink, with a different color on flower edges.<\/p>\n

Bloom Season<\/strong>: Asiatics tend to bloom\u00a0earlier in late spring. Generally, Orientals start\u00a0blooming as\u00a0Asiatic cultivars\u00a0are\u00a0finishing up. Mix the two, including hybrids, for a longer show\u00a0in your garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both Asiatic and Oriental lilies (Lilium spp.) are popular lilies in U.S. gardens. Hybrid cultivars share traits of both\u00a0species. Lilies\u00a0grow in a wide variety of soil types and are not pH sensitive. They flower in full to part partial sun (5 hours minimum of sunlight). \u00a0Both prefer a well-drained soil and mulch to keep roots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,747,1319,1226,749,521,806,665,1324,1012,745,860,1224,551,625,843,812,601,729,933,777,630,785,706,646,113,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825"}],"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=8825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8835,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions\/8835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}