Lilies are one of the most popular flowers in the UK, next only to the Rose. Globally, Lilies rank fourth among the flowers in popularity.Different kinds of lilies are commonly grown in the gardens. Lilies are best suited for growing in flower and shrubbery borders and in pots.
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Lilium
Lilium, the genus, is the Latin form of the Greek word 'Lerion' for the Madonna Lily. Red lily was first described by the famous Swedish botanist Carl von Linne (Linnaeus) in 1753.