Canada Lilies – lilium canadense – is one of the native lilies that I’ve been fortunate to photograph on a couple of occasions. The first time I saw a Canada Lily was just off the Blue Ridge Parkway when I found a single red Canada Lily to photograph.

Red Canada Lily © 2009 Patty Hankins

The only other Canada Lilies I’ve photographed were a set of Yellow Canada Lilies at a local Garden. Canada lilies are native to much of the Eastern United States. It’s more common to find them in shades of yellow than the red I originally found.

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

Canada Lilies can grow up to eight feet tall. They can have up to 20 nodding flowers growing off the central stock.

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

The  trumpet-shaped flowers can grow up to 2 1/2 inches long with the six petals curving outward.

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins

Canada Lilies are one of the wildflowers I’m always keeping an eye out for – I’d love to find and photograph a few more of them in the wild.

Canada Lily © 2012 Patty Hankins