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Leucospermum parile100 (150()cm, a medium tall shrub with greyish-green, linear leaves and rich yellow flower heads. For any humus rich substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 5°C and a good air circulation. V-VII. |
Leuzea rhapontica (Giant Scabiosa)100cm, Giant Scabiosa makes most ornamental, stout upright stems each topped by a solitary, very large, bright lilac flower ball. A rarely cultivated, long-lived perennial from the Altai Mountians in southern Siberia. Seeds will be always very scarce as plants in cultivation make only very few viable seeds. For any rich, very well drained soil in full sun. Excellent in the rock garden. V. |
Levisticum officinale (Loveage)120 (200)cm, Lovage is a herbaceous perennial with tall annual stems from a stout rootstock and dark green, shiny, very aromatic leaves. Young leaves and shoots are added to soups and stews and have a parsely-like, yet much stronger, plesant flavor. Easily cultivated in any rich, fresh, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII. |
Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan Honeysuckle)200 (300)cm, Himalayan Honeysuckle is a most beautiful perennial shrub with fast growing annual shoots and terminal clusters of pendulous, fragrant white to rose trumpet-like flowers covered with purplish to reddish bracts. Brilliant purplish-black berries in late summer and autumn. Easily grown in any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot. VI-X. |
Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star)100 (150)cm, Rough Blazing Star makes upright lax spikes of pale purple flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows and prairies in Central USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VIII-IX. |
Liatris cylindracea (Ontario Blazing Star)70 (100)cm, Ontario Blazing Star makes upright lax spikes of pale purple flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows and prairies in northern and Central USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VII-IX. |
Liatris ligulistylis (Meadow Blazing Star)90 (130)cm, Meadow Blazing Star makes upright lax spikes of rich pink flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows and prairies in central USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VIII-IX. |
Liatris punctata (Dotted Blazing Star)50 (100)cm, Dotted Blazing Star bears upright dense spikes of rich pink flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows and prairies in central USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VII-IX. |
Liatris scariosa (Eastern Blazing Star)40 (100)cm, Eastern Blazing Star makes showy upright stalks with bright pink to pink lavender flower clusters above a basal rosette of narrow, grass-like leaves. It is native of prairies in south-eastern North America. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VI-VII. |
Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)80 (110)cm, Dense Blazing Star is a clump-forming perennial with dense spikes of rich purple flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows, wet prairies and roadsides from central to south-eastern USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VII-IX. |
Liatris squarrosa (Scaly Blazing Star)30 (70)cm, Dotted Blazing Star makes upright lax, branching spikes of rich pink flowers above a basal evergreen rosette of narrow leaves. Native of moist and rich soils in meadows and prairies in Southeastern USA. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VII-IX. |
Ligularia dentata (Japanese Goldenray)100 (140)cm, Japanese Goldenray is an ornamental perennial with large round leaves and erect, lose umbels of rich yellow ray flowers. Native of semimoist meadows in Japan and China. For any humus rich, slightly moist soil in partial shade. VI-VIII. |
Ligularia przewalskii (Shavalski's Ligularia)130 (160)cm, Shavalski's Ligularia is a medium tall perennial with showy dark green, deeply cut foliage and upright stalks with yellow flowers. It is native of humus rich, slightly moist soils in open spots in mountain forests from Mongolia to Northern China. Easily grown in any humus rich, well drained soil in a preferably partially shaded spot. V-VI. |
Lilium columbianum150 (200)cm, makes pendulous bright orange flower trumpets with strongly recurved petals and dark spots on the inside above a stout stem with leaves arranged in whorls. From moist, leafy soils in open spots in woods and scrubs in North America (Central British Columbia to North California) at up to 1.650m. For any rich, leafy, slightly moist soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot. VI. |
Lilium formosanum var. pricei50 (90)cm, an elegantly leafed, absolutely hardy Lilium from Taiwan. Very fragrant, trumpet shaped, pure white flowers, up to 20cm long (!). Flowers are similar to Lilium leucanthum or Lilium regale, yet Lilium formosum has only few, dark green, shiny, very narrow lanceolate leaves. It is still a rather rare lily species. For any well drained, leafy soil. Plant bulbs rather deep (some 15cm) so that its’ stem roots will develop well. VII-VIII. |
Lilium leucanthum160 (200)cm, a late flowering Lilium from NW China with large white and fragrant trumpets. For partial shade in any humus rich, well drained soil. Still rare, yet easy. VIII-IX. |
Lilium martagon (Turkcap Lily)100 (120)cm, native Turkcap Lily of S Central Europe with stout stems, bearing numerous waxy rose purplish flowers. Plant in a partially shaded spot in any humus rich, well drained soil with some loam added. V-VI. |
Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily)170 (210)cm, Michigan Lily makes a very tall stalk with deep orange to scarlet-orange and dark spotted, pendulous flowers. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VII-VIII. |
Lilium pardalinum (Panther Lily)150 (220)cm, Panther Lily is a tall species from moist, humus rich sites in woods and by streams in USA (S Oregon, W Utah to California) with creeping rhizomes forming rich flowering clumps in time. Makes bright orange to yellowish orange (rarely red) flowers with strongly recurved petals and maroon spots inside above leaves arranged in whorls. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot. Seeds from a certified wild collection in Plumas County, Greenville, California at some 600m. V-VI. |
Lilium philadelphicum (Philadelphia Lily) |
Lilium regale100 (130)cm, large white trumpets with rose shaded outer petals. Strongly sweet perfumed. Any alkaline soil in full sun. VI-VII. |
Lilium washingtonianum (Washington's Lily)110 (170)cm, Washington's Lily has pure white trumpets above slender stems with whorls of undulated, bluish green foliage. Native of mountainous slopes in California, USA. Requires a well drained, rocky soil in open, sunny spots. Seeds from a certified wild collection in Plumas County, Round Valley Lake, California at some 1.820m. VI-VII. |
Lindheimera texana (Texas Yellowstar)30 (50)cm, Texas Yellowstar is a showy annual with erect, losely branching stalks topped by rich yellow flowers above hairy, long leaves. Native or rocky sites in full sun in the South of the USA. For any rich, very well drained slightly rocky or sandy soil in full sun. VII-VIII. |
Linum austriacum (Austrian Flax)40 (70)cm, Austrian Flax has tall pendulous stalks iwht pale blue flowers similar to Linum perenne. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun. VI-VIII. |
Linum bienne (Pale Flax)30 (50)cm, Pale Flax is a biannual, narrow-leafed species with numerous small, clear sky-blue flowers. This species is native of dryish spots in the Mediterranean region. For any well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII. |