Lilium pyrophilum 4b We recommend cutting it to

We recommend cutting it to the ground in late winter for better appearance after the new growth emerges

but the verdict is still out

Be sure not to place it where it will get hidden by more aggressive plant neighbors or stepped on by stampeding gnomes

the clump is topped with tiny clusters of blue flowers in early spring

are smothered with 1-2" wide flowers resembling cups of red wine

Lilium pyrophilum 4b We recommend cutting it toThis recently named lily, found sporadically in 16 counties in NC Virginia, was first thought to be a disjunct population of the federally endangered L. iridollae and at times considered as both L. superbum and L. michauxii. After exhaustive analysis, it was christened a new species, L. pyrophilum. This long leaf pine habitat endemic is found in full sun, growing in sandy pitcher plant bogs. L. pyrophilum grows from an unusual horizontally expanding,