Mona Lisa grows in pots at home, as well as in the garden. These superficial, medium-pink flowers are adorned with dark pink spots in the center and at the edges. Fragrant and dependable, plant them near your garden path or in a mixed bed of lilies and other perennials.
Source: Alice Woo
Species Information
Dubbed the “Pink Stargazer” by some, the Mona Lisa is a worldwide favorite. Like other Orientals, its fragrance is amazing, and the flowers are always fragrant, whether in the garden or in an arranged vase.
Grow flower
True lilies (excluding daylilies and other species not in the genus Lilium) are easy to grow today and grow more popular with each season. Since they grow upright and take up almost no space in the ground, it is easy to grow lilies among other perennials and shrubs. Most can also tolerate some shade, which adds versatility to the gardener. There are many groups of lilies, but for the sake of simplicity we will consider only a few of the main varieties that are important to gardeners. Each lily plant we ship includes full growing instructions. So don’t hesitate. You can easily bring the breathtaking beauty of lilies to any meadow or summer garden.
‘Wild’ Lilies or ‘Species’ Lilies These are real wildflowers around the world. They are the people from whom all charming hybrids are descendants. We’re lucky to have some of these botanical treasures on our list of lilies this season.
Oriental Hybrid Lilies are very fragrant flowers now famous for their large and flat flowers like the red Stargazer and the white Casa Blanca. These are the types that are now very popular in the florist trade, but are also very easy to grow. They bloom from mid-summer to early fall. Most have very large, outward-facing, fragrant flowers.
Asian hybrid lilies are the largest group of garden lilies available today, fairly easy to ‘naturalize’. This growing group of lilies was started by American breeders, and was first called ‘Mid-Century Hybrids.’ Compared to Orientals, Asiatic Hybrid lilies bloom earlier (early to midsummer), the plants are shorter, the flowers are slightly smaller, and most of the flowers are pointed upwards and star-shaped. Some of the most famous Asian hybrids are the famous yellow and red ‘Connecticut King’, ‘Gran Paradiso.’
Lilies Sometimes called ‘Aurelian Hybrids’ or other names, large, tall lilies are both derived from The Regal Lily, a white wildflower from China. All are extremely fragrant, and great for cutting. They grow tall and often require stakes, as a well-developed stem can have more than 15 large flowers.
