Blackberry Lilies

A blackberry lily and its end of season surprise....

A pretty multiflowered orange lily blooms in mid summer.  It is not very large and arrives as a surprise among other taller flowers.  It is pale orange with darker spots.  It gives no evidence of its name, the blackberry lily, when it blooms.   My mother's neighbor, Margie, got it from a relative and gave it to my mother who gave it to me, an excellent example of a hardy passalong plant.  Plant centers are not interested in it since its most interesting phase is after the gardening season is over.

In the fall, though, the reason for its name becomes obvious.  Except for the absence of a briar, the seeds could be mistaken for a cluster of blackberries.  The seeds spread for weeks and new plants come up in the spring.  Or you can divide the original plant.