YOUR SMILE

Lilium 'Your Smile' – an Asian hybrid of domestic selection, which captivates with its tender yet bright appearance. The flowers have a pale pink shade with red streaks in the center, 12–14 cm in diameter, and the inflorescences form a spike of approximately 18×24 cm consisting of 7–9 flowers, with about five open at the same time. The leaves are green, and the stem is sturdy and straight, reaching a height of 90 to 110 cm.

The variety is characterized by a prolonged flowering period – from early July (the first appearance of flowers is usually at the beginning of the month) to mid-August, while each flower can remain fully open for about 12 days. The flowers point downwards and have a slightly recurved shape, which adds elegance to the composition. The inner parts of the flower (nectaries, anthers, pistil) are colored in greenish-yellow and light brown shades, while the stigma is dark purple.

'Your Smile' has a number of practical advantages: it is resistant to adverse weather conditions, moderately resistant to diseases and pests, winter-hardy and heat-tolerant. The bulb is white, with stem roots and 15–20 aerial bulbils, which ensures good replication – at the first division usually 2–4 offsets are formed, and in subsequent ones – up to 7. Due to the universality of cultivation, this variety is suitable both for decorative compositions and for planting in open ground.