Leopard Lily

Lilium pardalinum

Leopard Lily is a bulb for bulb layer, focal point, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay, loam or moist ground, flowering Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 200 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 30 cm of room to spread, roughly 3 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 5a to 9b and rated H6 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, wet soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Leopard Lily's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• It copes with ground that stays wet, which most border plants will not.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Allegheny Monkeyflowerto edge in front
• Anise Hyssopto edge in front
• Aromatic Asterto edge in front
• Beardtongue 'Dark Towers'to edge in front
• Betonyto edge in front
• Bird's-foot Trefoilto edge in front

Garden styles

Meadow Wildlife garden