This fully hardy Lily is a must for the North east garden. The large yellow trumpet flowers with deep burgundy/red stripes on the outside of the petals are extremely fragrant. Golden splendour performs very well without deterioration year after year unlike many of the Liliums.
Plant bulbs in Autumn in a sunny position where they have shade at the base, although Spring planting would be fine if necessary. Always best to plant Lilies deep, at least twice there own depth. Golden splendor also performs very well if planted in deep containers using John innes no. 2 compost. Over winter the pots in the cold greenhouse, placing them outdoors in early April.
Go on plant this hardy Lily and fill your garden in July/August with a glorious perfume.
Hardiness – Fully hardy
Height – 90/120cm
Position – Full sun
I just received a comment from Chris a fellow UK gardener who informs me that J Parkers bulbs information on this plant is identical to mine. Well I will let you be the judge. (This is the website for Chris Link) I must say my spelling of splendour has to be addressed. Lilium golden splendour! deserves a 2012 update posting from me. In the meantime I would like to thank Chris for this opportunity to give you Parkers link to this plant where you can purchase this fantastic Lily. Mail order J Parker.
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I have been gardening for only 21 years. I was made redundant in 1990, went to Hadlow and then started as a Sole Trader in Ivydene Horticultural Services in August 1991. I construct, maintain and design private gardens using organic methods. I started the above hobby website as a non-income-generating educational tool for use by the general public. Part of it aims to compare every cultivated/wildflower plant either grown and/or sold in the UK, to give the same kind of information about plants as women’s clothes catalogues give about clothes. You can Google a plant’s name and get information, but where can you compare it – I have over 1000 books on gardening but have found it very difficult to find photos of plants to show clients for the planting design from my books. So now I try to show or link to photos that show the flower, flower distribution, leaf, foliage, overall natural shape, fruit/seeds and in flower beds/landscape in each Plant Description Page.
I am doing some bulbs at the moment and I was looking for Lilium ‘Golden Splendour’ and saw you Lilium ‘Golden Splendor’. The descriptions are the same from you and from
J. Parker’s http://www.dutchbulbs.co.uk/plant-0001284-eg-1/lilium-golden-splendour/
. Do you think they are?
You are very knowledgeable Chris.