2009 Lily Bloom # 8

Orientals are joining the show here now. Dizzy is looking good.

Rio Negro

I think this one is called Sorbonne

I think this one is Tom Pouce

I believe this is Pink Mystery

Tiger Move

Lady Annabelle

OMG...your in full swing I'd say!! BEAUTIFUL!!

And a few more OTs I forgot I had pics of. These are Baruta, with an Oriental hybrid, Time Out peeking from behind.

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And the last for today, Oriental hybrid, Pandora.

magnolialover, I've never seen more beautiful lilies. You should have garden tours for people that love lilies. I do believe as I'm learning that you & your lilies should be offered-to lily lovers through-out the world. You have lilies that you have nurtured that are better then novices can get anywhere. I'm a novice & just purchase from vendors that I've learned about on this forum. Must add I've never been sorry. I must learn so much more before I can even try to help create what you have done. Your lilies are an inspiration.

gemini_sage, absolutely wonderful lilies-hope 1/2 of mine bloom that I have in common are as beautiful. Please keep the pictures coming.
Debbie

Debbie, you gardens are as beautiful as mine or anyone else's for that matter ^_^ Don't sell yourself short. Your lilies are wonderful!

Thank you for the very kind words. If it not for people who create such beautiful lilies, along with Mother Nature, I would not have them.

gemini, your 'Maywood' color is a lot nicer than I ever see here. I may need to move it, so see if afternoon shade would help preserve the color. It always looks washed out here. Yours? Wonderful!

Wonderful lilies folks!! Keep them coming! Please! :)

Ticker, we need to see yours....where are they...buried in spackle? Lol.

magnolialover, Believe you me, you can't ever forget Mother Nature. This year I've had so much damage done to my lilies by lily beetles, slugs, me, neighborhood cats & excess rain. I love my garden, just want to make it better (and to know what is in it?)! I just want to create more beauty, which this forum, enables me to do. I just wanted to say you inspire people to see what is possible!
Ticker once again thanks for your help with peonies.
Gemini - Hope my Maywood blooms this year!
Debbie

Thank you.

I agree, Ticker. Haven't you spackled enough already?

So many more beauties! And Moby, your Ortega/garden shot made me swoon.

Went to the botanic garden today -- not a huge amount of lilies blooming yet -- they have some fab OT displays coming -- but this huge clump wowed me. No sign anywhere to i.d. it. On the way out spent a half hour with 3 master gardener volunteers going through their entire inventory list. The only two unaccounted for were Tyrol and Sun Baby. Can't find anything on either anywhere, but both were listed as div I asiatics, and this looks very LA to me. It was much more raspberry hued, a slightly cooler tone, than this picture shows. So rich looking.

Debbie, you have my sympathy. I know EXACTLY what you mean about mother nature this year. I can hardly even take a photo between raindrops, much less do anything else in my garden, and the insect damage is apalling! I've seen insects congregating on stems and leaves that I've never seen before, lily buds with holes drilled through them, chomped on and devoured buds, tree snails galore climbing up stalks, lily beetles even after neem, irises rotting from the rain..........

Very glad we don't have lily beetles here. That would be heartbreaking....

perennialme, The only positive thing I've heard in MA. is that tomatoes are doing wonderfully. Everyone is talking about the damage. I have tried Bayer (spray-hard chemicals-never used hard chemicals before) didn't seem to do anything.

wickerparker, The lily beetles - little red guys (look like lady bugs but solid red) - watch closely for them!! Keep them from spreading it is amazing what damage they can do in a very short time. I've even seen them trying to eat other plant leaves & flowers. The larvae (sp.) demolish the lily leaves. They even have killed some of my lilies before they have even started develope buds.

magnolialover, never have to say Thank-you, the beauty you bring to this forum is enough.

Ticker, I live in a very old house, please come & visit over the winter. Every room needs spackling & painting. Also, I wouldn't mind if you brought any excess lily blubs that you have hanging around for spring planting. LOL

Debbie

Wickerparker, you're very lucky. The lily beetles have disgusting habits and hide their larvae in feces on the undersides of leaves. Last year I caught them in time - before reproduction, but with all this rain, I just can't get myself to go lily beetle hunting with an umbrella in a downpour.

Debbie, I hope you're right about the tomatoes. Mine are in a community garden plot down the street and I haven't seen them for a week, but they weren't looking so wonderful when I last looked.

Well I hate to be all bad news, so I guess I'd better show the few lily shots I did manage to get between downpours.

Coral Sunrise

Robinson's Comet when there was only one bloom facing the wrong way to get a good pic.

White pixels

I think I already showed the rest of them.

Here is a corner of the trumpet seedling patch (except for Tiger Babes, of course).

This is a year of firsts. When I wasn't looking, this Boogie Woogie surprised me last night. It has a light pink edge and the slightest hint of pleasant fragrance. This is the first year I planted orienpets, and this one is in a container and seems very happy. So am I.

A hodgepodge of Asiatics. Shot taken from inside the house so they all seem to be facing the other way.

After 4 years, this is the first year these tiger plays have bloomed, and there are 12 of them on a 5 foot stem. We took care of the beetles, and as you can see by the faint netting in the background, we finally took care of the deer. Every year, this plant would be full of buds, and as I waited in anticipation, I'd come out in the morning to find bambi had eaten off the top. The ugly netting is worth the payoff!

I think this is coral sunrise. So proud, you'd think they were my own genes. On my deck in a 35 gallon container. I just look out the kitchen window, and start the day off right.

All the container plants have bloomed later than those in the ground, but they have done well.

Cathy...This is a phenomenal product which should help if you (or anyone) continue(s) to have problems with deer. I had moose (largest member of the deer family) wipe out a garden one year and haven't gardened without it since. Little pricey, but it works. With a female moose weighing 800-1200lbs. and often accompanied by a calf and a male 1200-1600 lbs, I looked for an option other than netting and this worked.

http://www.plantskydd.com/

BTW...I'm originally from Vernon, CT...guess I've always been north of you...LOL

Can you post a full pic of the lilies in the 35 gallon container? Trying to get a visual of the size since all but my asiatics are in containers. How many do you have in it?

Your babies are gorgeous!...as are everyone elses I am in awe of...You SHOULD be proud!

I'll take a picture in the a.m We chose 35 gallon plastic containers and drilled holes in the bottom because they were large and cheap though not the prettiest. We did it because our deck gets such a good dose of sunshine and our tomatoes loved it last year.

By the time I got to my last bag of lilies, my back felt like it was broken. It was so appealing to plant all 16 bulbs in the raised container, which I could fill it halfway or so with dirt and compost, place the lilies and cover with soil without bending over. Many of the lilies had started to sprout, and they HAD to be planted. As I recall, I think they all came from the same bag, but judging from the leaves, there are a few orientals. Two of the plants had buds that never came to fruition. So far at least 4 of the 16 have bloomed beautifully.

We planted smaller containers, also cheap, in the front of the house. I did this with the lilies because in one area we have a really, really offensive, invasive plant, houttinya, that spreads its runners all over. I am contemplating putting a vegetation killer on it later if I cannot get rid of that chameleon plant, but I don't want to lose everything.

By the way, doesn't anybody sleep at DG?

LOL Guess not....

Sleep?...In the summer????...NOPE!...Plus, I'm 4 hours earlier than you and we are still having 21 hours of daylight. It's great to be able to work out in the yard till 11:00 p.m and still have daylight, but I am usually worn out by 9:00.

I understand what you mean about just digging a hole and sticking them in, just to get them done!...So why am I already planning for more next year???
Speaking of planting more than one in the same container, I planted what was supposed to be two Tiger Moves in one pot. Gotta email the vendor to see what the bottom one is as it's not TM. It's purdy, but not in the pot with TMoves.

gemeni sage that looks like the Tom Pouce I have.
Must be.

I heard a couple of days ago that this year was the coolest beginning of July in over 100 years in this area. Guess that explains the intense color I'm seeing on a lot of blooms now. Maywood is in a spot where it gets morning sun and afternoon shade too.

These are Belladonna (top) and Mistress, OTs.

Isn't Mistress just the stubbiest little thing ever?! I may have to put her in my miniature garden ~ very cute.

Nothing from me today. At least three inches of rain since yesterday! UGH!!!!

Make that four inches and still raining!

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Well another disappointment here....this was supposed to be White Henryi, which I have wanted for years. Instead maybe just ole Henryi. At least is in the right bed...with the red and orange daylilies!