Lilies: Lilies: 2009 Blooms III, 0 by wickerparker

wickerparker wrote:
I can't believe I didn't get the marker for that dark one in the photo. It was even better -- darker -- in person. A voice in my head is saying it's Sumatra, but on the other hand there were a lot of lilies at that stand I'd never heard of before and those were the ones I was mostly trying to get pictures of. Sorry.

This was my second Chelsea visit. It's pretty great. Have to admit my heart was pounding as we walked through the gates. There are loads of people there, which makes it hard to get a good look at the display gardens much of the time, but then I really do prefer the pavillion where you can get close to the plants and talk to the plant people. We did see who the winners were, but it was hard to be in England that week and not know -- there were tv broadcasts from Chelsea every night. Not a rose opened without the BBC reporting on it. The English are surely garden crazy. Looking back at the pictures, I think what I enjoy most are the giddy English faces in the background.

The RHS show I really want to see now is Hampton Court, which is in July. So we may start planning our UK family visits (hubby is a Brit) around that one.

Am posting a picture that certainly has nothing to do with lilies -- it's strawberries. Incredible scent. Wish you all could smell this one.

This message was edited Jun 16, 2009 6:22 PM