2009 Lily Blooms #12

Here is my second to last bloom for this year

Holland Beauty

Pixie your lilies are splendid. I never remember having any trouble with earwigs on my buds, but they sure have been having a field day this year. They are so gross! The Japanese Beetles are less prevalent for me this year, that said, I still have enough to sink a ship though.

It's been one of those weeks here where something so nice as Buggy Crazy opening has made my day. That and all of your blooms here! Moby...HB is lovely as well! Stands on its own nicely!

Suncrest - from end sale at Brent & Becky

From same sale - Kentucky

Rubrum

and, speciosum 'Album'

Love that Kentucky! Does it always bloom this late?

Susan

here are the ones I picked up at HD tags say Mona Lisa & Stargazer ... I don't think I ever saw a stargazer so short though

They are beautiful, but they don't look like 'Mona Lisa' or 'Stargazer'. The littlest one almost reminds me of 'Angelique' but the flower looks too big.

jmorth

How does your species 'Album' do for you? This was to be my first time growing this one and the critters got them. I will have to devise another scheme.

Susan, Kentucky and Suncrest were both purchased at the end of May so were late into the ground, hence the late season bloom. They're both classified as LA lilies. I just reviewed the pics in the Brent/Becky catalog and I may have the labels reversed.
J

fleur-guy, 'Album' has been a consistent performer for me over the last several years. It and rubrum always are the last two lilies to bloom here.

another view of 'Album'

thank you ML... either way they smell great

Here is 'Mona Lisa'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/5396/

What awesome lilies, everyone :-) I was just looking through all of your postings. Tracy, you have such a huge and phenomenal collection - I never realized you had so many lilies. And I am surprised the Midwesterers have so much blooming so far into August! I do have some blooming - in a pot, LOL.

Just placed my Buggycrazy order - and Old house Gardens...and my B&D catalogue is here :-)

Critters got my 'Album' which was new this year too. I wanted to see it bloom so bad...maybe next year.

jmorth, your Kentucky is labeled correctly.

We can thank the exceptionally long spring and cool summer for the extended bloom.

Here is my last to bloom ~ a new-this-year-planted-late Anastasia

Look what else popped up in my garden! On the last leg of a long bike trip, Wanda and DH Bill stopped by for a visit.

Hi Wanda. Hi Bill. Hi Moby!
Hope you're all having fun visiting. Can't wait to hear the Sturgis (SP?) stories.

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I will agree my lilies are not what they say... that mona lisa is far off from what I have

thanks for the help though

thanks leftwood

Don't understand about "Kentucky" as mine was classified as an asiatic.

One of my new late bloomers. "Eudoxia"

Maxine

Picture of my "Kentucky"

Maxine

I was thinking Eudoxia was peachy orange?

Neal, PF says orangey-peachy: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/174815/

Maxine, re: pic of Kentucky--the blue flower in the upper right side is beautiful, what is it?

Neal, did you get daffs at OHG? me too. Did you get lilium there too? just curious.

Maxine...so good to see you again ;) I think your 'Eudoxia' looks like it may be 'Pink Heaven'.

Nice stand of 'Kentucky' too.

And Moby, what a nice surprise, the bikers' visit.

Here is my Eudoxia...I love this one!

Oh boy, someone mislabeled. Maybe me?
Thanks for the input.
My favorite of the new asiatic's are Kentucky, Dot Com, and Volcano.

Maxine

Nery, I've never ordered from OHG, although I would like to some day. Thus far I've been into planting larger quantities to beef up beds in this big yard, and OHG is just too expensive for me to justify the cost of mass plantings. As I start working on more fine tuning, I'll be adding smaller clumps of more choice bulbs here and there, and will probably use OHG as a source for some of those.

My late summer favorite 'Journey's End'

It's really very lovely.

'Summers End'

Though I did not buy form Brent and Becky's end of season sale, my neighbor did and brought me over a few that she ordered. This one started with an N but did not get a tag. Novanna or something like that.

All quite lovely. How is the bloom time compared to Late Pink?

Close rendition mags...it's listed as Navona.

Thanks. I had to plop it in real quick one day and promised myself to run back and label it.....well, uh...you know how that goes?

I think all of them bloom at just about the same time Moby. Perhaps 'Late Pink' being the ltest of the three by a week. Mine are all nearby each other. They are happy neighbors ;)

Salmon Star blooming late because it was planted late.

Love 'Salmon Star".