Black Beauty lily
Lilium 'Black Beauty'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 7 feet tall18+ inches wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Dark raspberry, maroon
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
- Toxicity
- Toxic to cats
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Black Beauty' lily (Lilium 'Black Beauty') is a bulb for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Fragrant, recurved flowers in dark raspberry to maroon open in early to late summer and attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer tend to pass it by. It is toxic to cats.
Pairs well with Polish Spirit clematis, Blonde Ambition blue grama, Cytherea peony, and Knapweed.