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old and spectacular, lilies can be the sizzling stalwarts of summer and by growing your favourite varieties in containers, you can admire the exotic blooms – or smell their sweet fragrance – up close. The most dramatic lily types, large-flowered Oriental and Asiatic hybrids come in a cocktail of bright colours and markings on their distinctive petals.