What makes a lilly different from the other flowers?
Lilies are plants within the botanic group Liliaceae, which separates them uniquely from other plants. Some are used for food purposes, whilst the majority are ornamental flowering plants. They are typically plants that are leafy stemmed bulbs, and this helps in the methods of propagation that can be used to multiply them – either by seed, removal of a scale section of the bulb, division: where each bulb can multiply and form smaller connected bulbs, and small adventitious bulbils that form in the leaf axis of some species – these often produce tiny roots, whilst still connected to the parent plant, even though they are suspended in air. Lily flowers have 6 petals/tepals, and the colour range is vast, from whites, through yellows, to red/purple. Many flowers are multicoloured and have markings, such as spots/blotches. Many of them also have highly distinctive lily fragrances, that can spread over great distances, to attract pollinating insects. Overall, a highly versatile and varied gr
