The double form of the old pass-along tiger lily, exported from Japan since 1869 and grown in American gardens ever since. Where the species carries six recurved tepals, ‘Flore Pleno’ packs 24 to 36 of them into each ruffled, outward-facing bloom — bright orange, heavily freckled with purple-black spots, and roughly 4 inches across. Scentless. A mature stem can carry 20 or more flowers opening in succession over several weeks in mid-to-late summer.
Stands 4 to 6 feet on sturdy dark stems. Hardy USDA zones 3–9, full sun to part sun, in moist but well-drained soil. Cut stems hold up to two weeks in the vase.
The flowers are sterile and set neither seed nor pollen, so there is no shedding onto tablecloths — but the plant reproduces freely from the small black bulbils that form in the leaf axils. Knock them off, grow them on, and they flower in about two years. Deer and rabbit resistant.
A note on tiger lilies generally: the species is a known carrier of lily viruses it shows no symptoms of, so site it away from prized Asiatic or Oriental lilies. All parts of any Lilium are severely toxic to cats — the pollen-free flowers do not change this. Do not plant where cats browse, and do not bring cut stems into a home with cats.
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