Helen Pike trumpet lily
Lilium longiflorum 'Helen Pike'
A.M. Haarlem 1953, F.C.C. Haarlem 1956
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterNeeds moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Helen Pike' trumpet lily (Lilium longiflorum 'Helen Pike') is a bulb for cut flower beds, cottage gardens, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The fragrant flowers are ivory white with a light green midrib, and bees visit them. Van den Ende bred it.
Pairs well with Rozanne crane's-bill, Northwind switchgrass, and Just Joey rose.