Rose Ruffle Double Lily Bulbs

Lilium Oriental Hybrid — Rose Ruffle. Most lilies hand you six pointed petals. Rose Ruffle hands you twenty, and every one of them is edged in white.

The bud opens tight and stays tight — petal curled inside petal, so the flower keeps its shape in wind and rain that would shred a single lily. Raspberry-rose at the heart, softening to a crisp white picotee, with dark maroon freckles scattered through the throat. Four to six blooms per stem, each 6–7 inches across, opening over three weeks rather than three days.

Because the stamens stay hidden inside the ruff, there is no pollen to drop on the petals or on a tablecloth. That single detail is why this is the double we recommend for cut flowers.

What you get

• Fully double blooms with 20+ petals and a clean white edge.
• No exposed stamens — nothing to stain the petals or the vase water.
• Long flowering: buds open over three weeks on a single stem.
• Sturdy 3–4 ft stems that carry the weight of a double flower without staking.
• Top-size 14/16 cm bulbs — flowers the first summer, returns bigger every year.

How to grow it

• Plant: 6 in / 15 cm deep, 8–10 in apart, in full sun and well-drained soil. Pointy end up. Mark the spot — lilies are late to emerge in spring.
• Water: soak after planting, then whenever the top inch of soil dries. Never let water sit in the hole.
• Light: 6+ hours of direct sun; light afternoon shade keeps the flowers from fading.
• Cold: fully hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Mulch the first winter; no lifting needed.
• After flowering: cut only the flower stems. Let the foliage yellow on its own — that is next year’s bulb being built.

Shipped dormant and cleaned, 14/16 cm top-size bulbs. Dispatch in 5–7 working days, 8–25 working days in transit. Colour depth varies with soil, light and season — the first flower from a fresh bulb is usually the most intense.