Lilium pyrophilum 4b are smothered with 1-2" wide

are smothered with 1-2" wide flowers resembling cups of red wine

Shortia is a member of the tiny Diapensiaceae family

We recommend cutting it to the ground in late winter for better appearance after the new growth emerges

the clump is topped with tiny clusters of blue flowers in early spring

Bugs beware

Lilium pyrophilum 4b are smothered with 1-2" wideThis recently named lily, found sporadically in 16 counties in NC Virginia, was first thought to be a disjunct population of the federally endangered L. iridollae and at times considered as both L. superbum and L. michauxii. After exhaustive analysis, it was christened a new species, L. pyrophilum. This long leaf pine habitat endemic is found in full sun, growing in sandy pitcher plant bogs. L. pyrophilum grows from an unusual horizontally expanding,