Lilies Blooming!

Silk Road opened today!!!!

From front door

A single Oriental today

Chiantis getting ready to pop. Last year there were only three stems!! Should bloom by end of May, as it has past two years.

These should pop any day now!

Another oriental at back of house

Lollipops

My Calla lily keeps coming back, and it's in a container that stays outside. I thought they were hardy only in zone 9.

My Calla lily keeps coming back, and it's in a container that stays outside. I thought they were hardy only in zone 9.

Hollyhock

Beautiful! Lily envy here, but it won't be long for us now.

Gee Steve, and I am still planting lilies!!!

Oh well, mine are starting now to emerge and I can soon see what has survived the winter.

Keeping posting, please.

Maxine

Thanks Ilily, Maxine -

Well at least yours will still be going after mine are long finished!

These yellow Asiatics opened today and are very striking

This was a very tall orange Asiatic

More orange ones

I think these are "Summer Palace" budding out

I know these aren't "Liliums" - Hemerocallis instead - but it's cool they're finally budding out!

Large red daylily blooming - first large red one

Unknown Oriental budding out

Lovely Steve! Makes my heart ache that I won't see hardly any blooms this year. Oh well something to look forward to next year and beyond.

My Chianti multiplied very fast, Steve. Wouldn't be a bit surprised to see twice as many stems next year on yours.

Is that vibrant yellow asiatic, Pollyanaa perhaps?

Thanks Brenda - well think how beuatiful your new landscape's gonna look once you start planting! Having a clean slate to start with is so much fun. Like I said in the other thread I am really jealous :-) You have a beautiful new house. Did you plant anything this spring?

Yeah the Chiantis are great. One of the latest blooming Asiatics for me but they seem to do really well in the heat here in late May/early June.

I THINK the yellow lilies are called "Pisa" - got them from Van Engelen last year. On the surface yellow seems such a common color for flowers but I am getting to really like it in lilies. Shows up long distances and is really eyecatching.

Haven't yet met a flower color I didn't like. LOL

I did get some lilies planted this Spring .... about 50-60 I'd guess. Also daylilies and perennials which I'm still planting! The 7-10 days of cold freezing nights really set me back on planting. I plan to put in LOTS of fall bulbs (kind of a re-run of last Fall). Ahhh well....what's a gardener to do besides plant right?

oh, wow, steve! you grow these beauties, too??? all hail! they are gorgeous!

annapet

Yeah Brenda - can't take the money with you, so you may as well spend it!! heheh I plant like you do....too much....I buy impulsively sometimes and plant things I can't possibly find room for, but oh well....there are worse things we could do. Your garden will look great next year!

Thanks Moonglow for the compliment - though I must say lilies are quite a bit easier here than peonies. Lilies return well for me and most deal with the summer heat well except for some Orientals, which can get scorched in July - but most bloom before the end of June and so they're OK. I have one peony bush ready to pop, but if it doesn't open by mid-May the buds will probably dry up. Early bloomers are best here. The lilies, on the other hand, are fine. They keep coming back so they must like it well enough!

"Summer Palace" is open - trumpet

Steve - you are adding your photos to the PlantFiles right? Summer Palace is one at the old house. :-(

Brenda,

I have not added them yet :-( But I will :-) Summer Palace is great, isn't it??

Another silk road opened!

Closeup

I think these are Lilium Regale

I like this shot

Don't know what this one is

Lovely Steve! Isn't it wonderful how the different flowers bring out each others beauty.

Thank you IIlilyfan - I agree ;-)

ah, steve, you just answered my question! what to plant with ROSES!!! i love that shot. one of these days you'll get an e-mail from me. i will need help on height pairings. colors, too, of course.

thanks!

Doesn't L. regale have the dark purple reverse on the petals/sepals like Silk Road does in your photo?

A new yellow one opened today!

Brenda, maybe you are right. I will have to go check if I got the right variety, since they are white on the outside and have no purple.

Hi Moonglow, any help I can be I would be happy to - but really I don't do a heck of a lot of planning; I like the natural look and where it ends up, it is! But lilies DO go well with roses - so they're a good choice - and they bloom at roughly the same time here.

This opened today

Another Oriental

Double hollyhocks in background