‘eeun’an Asiatic hybrid lily was released in 2005 at National Horticultural Research Institute (NHRI), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Suwon, Korea. The cross was made in 1994 between Liliium Asiatic ‘hite Bird’white colored, and Liliium Asiatic ‘ote d’zur’ pink colored variety. It was preliminarily selected as ‘96-5’in 1996. Multiplication and bulbing, and characteristic tests were conducted from 1997 to 2004. The evaluation of characteristics was investigated as ‘ongyo C1-21’ in 2004 at Suwon. ‘eeun’flowers in the end of June and grows 41.6 cm stem length. Flowers are upward-facing, unspotted in petals and yellow green (RHS, 18C). Year-round flowering can be by storing the bulb under -1.5℃ conditions. For forcing culture, it is necessary to add calcium to the fertilizer or remove side scales to prevent leaf scorch. It is needed to control Botrytis disease in wet season.

• Hak Ki Shin(Floriculture Div. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-310, Korea)
• Mi Seon Kim(Floriculture Div. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-310, Korea)
• Hae Ryong Cho(Floriculture Div. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-310, Korea)
• Jin Hee Lim(Floriculture Div. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-310, Korea)
• Hye Kyung Rhee(Floriculture Div. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-310, Korea) Corresponding author