Shopping for fall bulbs will begin soon. Read the note at the top of the page for a B&D catalog. http://www.snowcreekdaylilies.com/lily-bulbs-2006.html
Blooms, that isn't a Tiger in the truest sense. Many lilies have spots and others can be very reflexed. Whatever you have, it is quite pretty.
Asiatic and Oriental Lilies
it starts quite pink but fades into an almost white with pink edges.
mgh - I don't understand your comment about the net. Is someone stealing your blooms?
mgh needs a pit bull...
Hey, that's a great idea, pardalinum! LOL We do have a golden lab, but I guess her hearing is about at good as mine. I was up last night when it happened.
Beaker, we have some not so nice neighbors who think that my flowerbeds our their personal picking grounds. I had 2 really nice stems each of Black Jack and Avonlea yesterday and today all I have left is one stem of Avonlea. At least they left me that, right? LOL This same thing happened last year......you'd think I would have learned my lesson, huh? Last fall I just completely forgot about moving the lilies to the bed closer to the house though. The lilies will be moved this fall whether we sell our place or not! ;o) For now, I bought a net and I will put some stakes in the ground and put the net over the stakes and tack the net into the ground at the base of the lilies. I hope this works. At least it will take them longer to pick them if they have to remove (or worse yet, cut the net) and maybe they will get caught. A girl can dream can't she? LOL
Ok, enough of lily saga! On with more beauties!!
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My neighbor told me that she shooed some kids away from my garden one day. This was when the tulips were blooming. She heard them talking about picking some flowers.
I know how you feel. I woke up one morning a few years ago when my yellow Iris were blooming and they didn't leave one. They were all gone. I couldn't believe it.
Same thing happened to my Now and Later iris this year.
This spring someone enjoyed making bouquets out of my hyacinth and tulip plantings out front. Cut cleanly off with a knife. At least they left all of the foliage...
Unbelievable! That someone would go into your garden and pick your flowers.
I have a good flower thief here. My Grandson Jamie, age 7 loves to go in and pick bouquets for his Mommy.
Cute! At least Mommy can enjoy the flowers.
He even looks a little naughty! Just the way I like 'em. :)
Cute kid there, pollyk! Someone's good with photoshop too, huh?! LOL
It's easy to get to the flowers they take from my yard because they are in a bed right next to the sidewalk.
But still--one thing to walk in and admire, but to take someones flowers, unbelievable.
Thanks on the comments on my Grandson Jamie. Actually he is the easiest going child ever, wonderful to his little sister, and to our cats, which I think says a lot, and he's a blue belt in Karate, and a straight A student. Geez can you tell I'm proud!
Now back to Lilies.
Polly
I agree with you Polly.
Well, here are my caged lilies. I hope this at least slows the thieves down a bit.
Not to be extreme or anything, but how about a string or two of electric fence..?.. stuff just bites, doesn't damage... we used to test each other on the fence around the goat pen next door. just a cranky old lady ~~ Blooms
LOL, Blooms! We've thought of that.....DH would love to put it up! I think it might be dangerous to the kids in the neighborhood though.......I'm sure we'd get sued somehow. DH is looking into some motion sensitive surveillance equipment to record the goings on at night. I think it will be very interesting to see what actually happens in our neighborhood while we are sleeping. ;o)
hee hee, Blooms! I suggested razor wire......
no, no, Moby.... razor wire is dangerous.... a l'il ole electric fence just stings your dignity
Hook up a motion sensor sprinkler! Or do like that guy did in the commercial. Hook up a switch inside and watch for them to get close and then soakem!
I'd love to do that! Unfortunately, they usually come at night while I'm asleep.
Then you need something to let you know they are there. Maybe you could disguise a baby monitor so it would awaken you.
Scoolie, I like the way you think. LOL
That's another great idea too! Ok, I gotta shoot it down too though. LOL We live near a switching yard for a railroad station. I think it would sound like a thunderstorm in my bedroom! LOL I've thought about tying some bells to the netting....that would at least make my dog bark and then I would definitely wake up. :o)
That would work also. Maybe hook up a flash from a camera so they would think they were gettin their pic taken....makem think twice.
Then soakem!
Muwaahaahaaaahaaa........
I like the way you think too, scoolie! Very devious indeed. LOL Want to come do the honors for me?? LOL
Muwaahaahaaaahaaa..............my DH and I set up our webcam to record the goings on in front of our house last night. It is motion sensitive so we won't be recording all night. We need to get a better one that has night vision on it though because it would be hard to identify someone from the video we got. But at least we have something for now! ;o)
they were back? what on earth... it's not like they can SELL a bouquet
yay on the video
Well, they have only come twice this year. Once for iris and once for lilies. They haven't touched them since I put up the net though. My DH was excited to use the webcam though. Last night he tried the camcorder and it works better and still records to the computer, so we will use that from now on. :o)
Add a couple of those VooDoo lilies and see if they like them when they bloom!
Yucko!! That would too close to the front of my house!! LOL
Man, sorry to hear the trouble with flower thieves....at my house they have to climb up a very steep driveway...200ft or so to even get close to those beds...come to think of it, it works pretty well for the solicitors...
yeah, that would deter quite a few, I bet! LOL