QUEEN'S PROMISE: VIII (a-b/b). Hybridized (1993) and grown (1995) by Takii and Co. Ltd.; named (200) and registered (2001) by De Jong Lelies Holland B.V. This is a longiflorum-orient hybrid (LO). Large flowrs with ruffled margins and recurved tips; purplish-pink centre then fades to lighter pink towards the tips of the petals; throat white; nectaries strong yellow-green; no spots or papillae; pollen grayish brown; stigma pale yellow-green. Stems are 40 inches, light green with three flowers. Blooms late mid July.

Saskatoon -Margaret Driver : I purchased a bulb in spring 2005, grew the lily in a pot and then planted in one of my lily beds in the fall 2005. In 2006 as of early July the stem is about 42 inches tall and there are six buds. It looks as if Queen's Promise will bloom in late July or very early August. It will ve interesting to see how this "wide-cross" lily does in a northern prairie garden with no special protection.