the Madonna lily is considered to be the Queen of the Garden. But I didn’t post a picture of the Madonna Lily then, so it here is today – the Madonna lily.
The Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum) is a plant in the genus Lilium, a “true lily”. It is native to Asia Minor. It forms bulbs at ground level, and unlike other lilies, has a basal rosette of leaves through the winter, which die back in summer. A leafy flower stem, typically up to 1.2 m high, emerges in late spring and bears fragrant pure white flowers in summer. It has long been cultivated, but is susceptible to virus diseases of lilies, and to botrytis fungus.
NATURE IN JAPAN 