I love Lilies, are there any that aren't fragrant?

I'm allergic! Get me within 20 feet of a lily and my nose swells up. Does anyone love a lily that doesn't have a fragrance?

Doss, right now I can't tell you for sure. Will check when mine are blooming and then get back to you. They start in June and run thru late Aug., sometimes into Sept.

Maxine

Thanks Maxine, I appreciate it. I'd love to grow them.

Most asiatic lilies are not fragrant whereas most trumpet and oriental ares. If you are allergic, then go with the asiatic lilies (they are also cheaper, LOL)

Brilliant! That's a huge start. As a lilie newbie, I should at least ought to be able to make that distinction. It's a big help and I appreciate it.

Doss,

Asiatics are also the easiest and the toughest if you're new to lilies. I have about as many Liliums as you do Irises!

Do you have favorites? I've gardened for 30 years but I've never grown lilies. I always just said, "No, they make me sneeze." All of a sudden I realized that I had made a silly decision. It's funny, fragrant Iris don't put me over the edge.

Steve, I'd love to be in your garden in July. Sigh.

Correct me, but I think that most of the LA lilies don't have a problem with aroma.?
Easy to grow and multiply very nicely.

Maxine

One website says that they have a slight fragrance. Do you have a favorite mail vendor?

BuggyCrazy is my favorite lily vendor. She's stopped selling though until fall I think. I will likely have some asiatic bulblets I could send you in the fall if your interested.

Roseana

I would love some Roseana. I've just divided all of my Iris and my Dahlias - all at the same time. I know, dumb. So I can't trade, but we might be able to make some other arrangement. And you're in California too. It's even possible! Cute name 'Buggycrazy'. I'll send my address on email and if it works out it will be fun.

Dorothie

Sounds great! I don't really map where I plant anything, so I won't be able to label the bulblets. I do however keep track of which varieties I buy and plant so once they bloom I can help you ID. Hope that's ok.

doss, how appropriate that you mention dividing dahlias! I'm in the middle of it right now, and I've never felt so much like a brain surgeon. I was coming up here to send you an email and ask if all tubers had eyes on them. I really can' t tell with some of these, and I don't want to send any blanks to anyone.
Sorry to put this in the lilly thread, but I didn't see any dahlia.
Chad

Chad,

This place says to wait until there's some growth to divide - pot them up. Then you can see the growth eyes. All of these photos can be enlarged by clicking on them. General concensus is that it's much easier to divide when the growth emerges. Shipping at that point of course is a little more of an issue. A tuber without an eye won't grow. I hope that you're using a carpet knife or something really sharp. They can be tough cookies.

http://www.midislanddahlia.com/Learning/Dividing/

Here's a good illustration of dividing a dormant clump.

http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/horticulture/g189.htm

Here's another

http://www.midislanddahlia.com/Learning/FAQ_pre.html

If the growth is a little tall, you can pinch the center when you plant them, or pinch them when the growth is tall enough.

Does that answer your question?

doss, Thanks for the information. These are just starting to sprout. I'll get those with sprouts out and place the others in a tray. I hope I didn't blow it.

It doesn't sound like you blew it too badly if you have some with sprouts. The ones I put in the ground just two weeks ago are coming up. It's amazing how they respond. I was interested in these too. I hadn't ever though that smaller tubers might be better. I bought from three vendors this spring and one send quite small tubers. They wrote and said that it was cultivar related which I know isn't true. Well, we'll see.

Doss - I just did a dahlia coop with Lobaughs in WA state. Wayne said that they always keep their smaller ones to plant for the following years crop. I figured when he said that to me that it probably meant the smaller tubers are more prolific.

Well, that is good news. It will be interesting to see how the smaller tubers fare.

And I found a beautiful lily with no fragrance. Now if I can just find a place to put it among all of these Dahlias. :-)

It's 'Scheherazade'

http://www.thelilygarden.com/pages_lilies/orienpet_2.html

Ooooo...doss you're gonna love Scheheradze! That is a beautiful lily and The Lily Garden is a first class operation.

Thanks for the help. Now, how many and where? There has to be a place.

Why as many as you can squeeze in of course!! LOL

It will get tall so it's perfect background plant. Also lilies need well draining soil.

I've got all clay so everything goes in built up spaces with a ton of amendments. Just want them to have enough sun so that they don't lean. How far apart do you plant them, and how much sun do you need?

Full sun is good but CA sun I'm not sure about. Is it like Arizona or Texas sun? They need full KS sun! LOL. I probably plant closer than I'm suppose to, but I put my asiatics about 5-6 inches apart and my others about 8 inches apart (which probably about right).

I better check my pocketbook. I've seen your beds, and I know where your money goes. What a lot of Lilies.

I'm a whole three and a half zones warmer than you. It probably doesn't get hotter here, but it's very dry. I tend to plant most things in partial shade if I can. Afternoon sun is hard on things here. It's not a desert, and it's north of Texas and Arizona. Nevada is more like it. The reason California is call the Golden state is because most of the landscape near the coast is grassland. It's searing in the center of the state, but that's where all the farmlands are and a couple of cattle ranches - that is except for Death Valley and the Sierra Mountains of course. They grow grapes just North of here in Napa. We live on a peninsula so we get some breezes. It's probably one of the nicest places to live anywhere when you're talking about weather but California is a very big state. In the south central valley it's Date growing. Right on the Mexican border in the middle of the state. I'm not sure you wanted a geography lesson, but I got carried away. I had a good time - hope that you did. :-)

I rather enjoyed the lesson actually. I've only made to Frisco, Sacramento, and LA/Pasadena. Been through Napa Valley when I was in Sacramento and also drove up to Tahoe from Sacramento so saw a bit of the mountains.

Actually now that I've moved I have NO flowers at all! :-( Starting all over literally from scratch. Ok well some of my babies have come with me. :-D

Well, thanks to you all, I bought a dozen Sherazades and they are flying up out of the ground. I built a mound so they have lovely soil and they are taking off. The lady at the Lily Garden said that they may even bloom this year. Now these are fun plants to see take off. Are these the amusement park rides of the plant world?

They certainly are in my world. The fragrant Orientals must be the big roller coasters! ;)

No wonder they give me a headache from 40 feet away. :-)

LOL It's really a shame that you're so sensitive, darn it.

Yes, but I have my non-smelly lilies growing like crazy now. I really thought that I couldn't grow them so I'm very excited.

I think that's great ~ you could go for just about any of the asiatics too.

Grazi Moby, I'll see how it goes!

They are up against the fence behind the espaliered apple tree. I needed some color there.

That will look really nice.