Lilium michiganense Shelby Kniphofia the large purple jug-like flowers

the large purple jug-like flowers adorn the base of the plant

Occasionally

Rohdea japonica 'Kin cho Ju' is a nicely vigorous (as Rohdeas go) dwarf Japanese selection of sacred lily

10") and with much longer and more blunt tipped petals than T

Agave victoriae-reginae

Lilium michiganense Shelby Kniphofia the large purple jug-like flowersLilium michiganense 'Shelby' is a Shelby County, Alabama, discovery shared by native plantswoman Jan Midgley. The 4' tall stalks are clothed with whorled leaves and topped with 3 5 pendent flower buds that open in early June 3. 5" wide orange red flowers with strongly recurved petals and a yellow orange throat with cinnamon spots. Moist, rich soils and several hours of full sun are ideal for this stoloniferous native lily that forms a 2 3' wide clump