FoliageTiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium
Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 2-6 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade in well-drained and moist soil. Expect orange blooms in summer. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Mature size
- 2-6 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Orange
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Hummingbirds
- Native to
- Russia, China, Japan, Tibet
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Tiger Lily is hardy to about -20°F (estimated from USDA zone 5), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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