title: Lilium 'Navona'
text: # Lilium 'Navona'
  
  Lilium 'Navona' is an Asiatic lily hybrid variety of white lilies, used in cutflower production worldwide.
  
  ## Description
  
  It has big upward-facing, white flowers, with dark green foliage, that flower from late spring to early summer. They can grow up to 26"-32" / 66.0 cm - 81.3 cm high.
  
  ## History
  
  It was created by Gebr. Vletter and Den Haan in Rijnsburg, The Netherlands, in the eighties.
  
  ## Cultivation
  
  It is hardy to between USDA Zone 3 and Zone 9.
  
  It prefers positions in full sun or partial shade, in well-drained soils.
  
  It can be grown in containers.
  
  