Now in sharp contrast to the Indy snow picture my Tiger Lilies are leaping towards the Woodstock spring sky!!They are the high light of my garden and will grow to 4’ and put on many dozen salmon colored blooms! Lilium lancifolium. The TIGER LILY is often grown in the flower garden but in the Orient it is cultivated for its edible bulb. In fact when grown as a root crop the Chinese actually pick off the flower buds to stimulate the production of larger bulbs. All other members of this genus also produce edible bulbs, though these can often have a bitter flavour. When baked, lily bulbs taste rather like potatoes.
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