Lilium Candidum

Lilium Candidum (popularly known as the Madonna Lily) needs to be planted in the Autumn and will typically start to emerge in late spring and bears fragrant flowers in summer. Flowers are white, flushed yellow at the base. The Madonna Lily if often seen religious paintings as it was depicted for centuries as the symbol of Mary and the Catholic Church. The Madonna Lily is a symbol of purity and virtue.