Lilies: Crenum Lily question??, 1 by jamie68

jamie68 wrote:
Thanks for the book suggestion, I will check it out tomorrow for sure!! It sounds like just what I am looking for - not one for someone brand new to gardening, but not for the serious hybridizer either.

And the slugs/snails liking the species lilies better would explain why I have yet to have them bother any of mine! I am so new to my lily obsession that until this spring I didn't grow anything but the most common, easily found lilies. Now that I'm branching out into more expensive, harder to find lilies, I sure don't want slugs getting to them before I even get to see them bloom! I baited for slugs/snails where the cernum lilies will come up, and appreciate the tip :-) Do you grow many of the species lilies?? Do they do as well as other lilies do in our area? We really are lucky here in the PNW when it comes to lilies aren't we? I have one Asiatic that was 1 BIG bulb in Fall 2007 when I planted it, and sent up one stalk in spring 2008 , and has multiplied to about 10 now. Not all of them blooming size this year, but i see about 10 stalks there of differing sizes. I'm posting a pic below just because I was so excited, I really wanted to show someone besides my 16yo daughter who really tries to be interested, but ....... LOL :-)

Thanks again for the book suggestion!
Jamie