Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Tiger lily is a common herbaceous perennial with strappy leaves and tall 3- to 5-foot flowering stems topped with typically curved orange petals with dark speckled spots.

Are you thinking about how to plant tiger lily bulbs? These flowers are easy to grow and return year after year.

It is one of two true lilies, both Asian hybrid lilies that escaped into the wild. The lily has one stalk, about 5 to 7 feet tall with narrow strip-like leaves.

Tiger lilies mingle well with Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Filagran'), with its bluish-purple blooms and finely cut silver leaves; or with variegated elderberry (Sambucus) with its dark ...

Lichens are hardy and adaptive plants composed of a fungus and a green or blue-green alga. This union, or symbiosis, produces a long-lived organism that firmly attaches itself to a hard surface.

True tiger lilies, while beautiful, are not native to North America. Native lilies are not plants that you are going to find at your local garden center or in most seed and plant catalogs.

Q: Tiger lilies are thriving in one area of our yard. Is this because of our snowy winter? I was told one time that many plants must go dormant to rest during the winter or they won’t be able to ...

Q: What are the things that look like mini black snails sitting in the junction of each leaf on my lily? A: The curious black things in the leaf axils are bulbils, tiny secondary bulbs. You can ...

Tiger lily plants are prone to mosaic virus and, although this doesn’t harm them, the virus can be transmitted or spread to other lilies nearby. Tiger lilies make excellent cut flowers. Their ...