Edible lily as a medicinal and edible plant that products are sold at home and abroad has been a great concern in recent years.The underground bulb part of edible lily has the characteristics of good eating quality,rich nutrition and outstanding medicinal value,meanwhile,it has great space for development and research.By reviewing the previous results about edible lily fertilization,this paper provided a theoretical basis for the development and fertilization technology of high yield and high quality cultivation of edible lily.Through CNKI library data,the current situation and research progress of edible lily on fertilization in the recent 20 more years were analyzed and summarized,focusing on effects of nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium application on the distribution,underground bulb yield and quality of edible lily bulb.Although the amount and period of fertilization of lily were different in different regions,the change of potassium application was the key factor,followed by nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer.Because of the lack of systemic cultivation technique and imperfect farmland management measures,problems such as poor yield and quality of the underground bulbs of edible lily to solve in recent years,some research trends has been expressed,namely(1)application of various tillage measures;(2)biological organic fertilizer application;(3)special fertilizer application;(4)to study the effects of fertilization on lily plant metabolite substance.