Casablanca Lilies

Casablanca lilies, also known as oriental lilies, are the most favorite wedding flowers of both the brides and the florists. Why shouldn't they be? They are amongst some of the most beautiful types of flowers that come under the genus lilium, which are one of the most beautiful types of flowers. Casablanca lilies are some of the best loved types of lilies amongst gardeners, due to their requirement of moderate maintenance and beauty. These lilies are a hybrid species of some of the East Asian species of lilies, and are known for their wild growth and extremely pleasant fragrance that overwhelms the flower garden. They are quite easy to nurture in ones garden with a little bit of know-how about the same.

Casablanca lily flowers are one of the best choices for the people who are amateur in the field of gardening, especially once they get to know some basics about these marvelous flowers and their maintenance. People often confuse Casablanca lilies with other sorts of the same genus, but are way different in characteristics, meaning as well as features. These lilies are capable of creating dramatic effect with the help of their huge appearance (that even reaches to 10 in diameter, at times) and sweet smell which is simply irresistible.

Casablanca Lilies Meaning

There are also several surprising assumptions like, Casablanca lilies are flowers of mourning, which is not true at all. As we all know, these lilies are some of the most popular wedding flowers, which mean they are definitely associated with happiness and serenity, for starters. Casablanca lily flowers are a symbol of celebration and purity. Along with purity, they are also supposed to be a symbol of majesty, pride, wealth and innocence.

Casablanca lilies are also a symbol of sweetness and fondness of being with someone, which actually makes these flowers all more special. All these various pleasant meanings make them the topmost choice for wedding bouquets and other floral arrangements.

How to Grow Casablanca Lilies

Warm conditions and fair amount of soil moisture is all that is needed for the these lilies to blossom and amuse its fans. These are herbaceous garden plants meaning, plants that grow from the bulbs hence, Casablanca lily bulbs must be planted to get the perfect garden. One thing to remember though, is that they never get into the complete dormant stage and as a result, they can be cultivated using the Casablanca lily bulbs as well as tubers.

These plants can reach up to a height of 4 feet to 6 feet. As a part of landscaping, one must manage to plant them by keeping 18 inch to 24 inch spacing, in the full to partial sun exposed area of the flower garden. Mid summer is the bloom time for the lilies, and one can observe flowers of about 6 inch to 12 inch in diameter. I don't need to describe you the color and beautifully smooth and glossy texture of these flowers as they are quite self-explanatory, in that case. Casablanca lilies grow great in USDA hardy zone-3 and relatively warm climatic conditions. Moisture nurturing soil having good drainage is also important for them.

How to Care for Casablanca Lilies

For best results, mix a lot of peat moss in a slightly raised soil bed and maintain the soil pH of about 6.5 to 6.8. Plant the Casablanca lily bulbs anytime before the winter and cover them with at least 4 inches of soil matter. Slightly deeper plantation will prove really beneficial as far as the growth of the lilies is concerned. Always use complete fertilizer to protect them from any diseases of the lily plants, especially lily leaf beetles. If you found some of the beetle eggs on the leave, hand pick them and fertilize the plants as soon as possible. They require frequent fertilization if planted in the regions of rainfall and/or sandy soil.

They can rock the garden on their own, but to make the garden more colorful and vibrant, one can definitely think of adding some other garden beauties in it, like easter lilies, regal lilies (bloom before Casablanca) and Formosa lilies, that bloom after the Casablanca lilies. Plants other than lily family that can look great with these lilies include, summersweet clethras, panicle hydrangeas, white butterflybush, fragrant hostas, white blazingstars, white petunias, moonflowers, white purple coneflower, moon vine and many such types of flowers.

Once you get to know the psychology of these plants, there are few other flowers to match up with the glory of the Casablanca lilies.