Easter Lily Lilium longiflorum, the Latin name for the Easter Lily, is native to the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan. The Easter Lily industry is an American success story. Prior to 1941, the majority of the Easter Lily bulbs were exported to the United States from Japan. World War II eliminated the dependence on Japanese-produced bulbs and commercial bulb production shifted to the U.S. The ...

University of Vermont Extension Department of Plant and Soil Science Spring News Article EASTER LILY TRIVIA Contact: Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont We can thank Louis Houghton, a World War I soldier, for the popularity of the Bermuda lily--better known as the Easter lily--in this country. In 1919 he brought a suitcase full of hybrid lily bulbs to the southern coast ...

Easter lilies are popular holiday gift plants. Purchasing high quality, healthy plants. Care during flowering and after bloom. Planting lily bulbs outside in the flower garden in South Carolina. ...