Wow Maxine, those are stunning! :) Keep the pictures coming!
Faraway Flowers Lilies (how are you liking yours so far?)
Oh! Oh! I have 97-39-03 too! It should open up in just a few days. I like it! Thanks for the preview, Maxine.
Another one that opened. Geisha Girl O
Maxine
Mags, notice the color difference on yours and then my Geisha Girl. Possible soil?
Madam Butterfly
Maxine
Mags, you yellow is Altaville!
Maxine, aren't they gorgeous? They have been really unique in my garden and I've enjoyed them a lot. And I am now enjoying yours too.
I have another 'Madame Butterfly' in another section of the garden, perhaps there is a soil difference, and also, mine is in part sun.
The numbered hybrid is another Japanese Hybrid. Don't they smell wonderful too?
Pard, you just wait until yours open. Ohhh-la la...
How many different Madam Butterfly's are there?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3736576
Apparently, there are at least two.
'Love Story' must have the largest flowers I have seen on an oriental. I mean WOW huge. How do they hybridize into such things?
Oh gorgeous!! something to look forward too. Mine are still in the bud stage, Love Story.
Was weeding where they were this morning, so finally found all of them.
I noticed that Mango has large buds also. These lilies are so tall and well formed plus the coloration is superb.
Maxine
*sniff* *sniff* I broke off my Mango last night when I was out dinking around in the garden bed. *sniff* *sniff* I could just cry...
Diann, I thought at first you said "drinking" around. Never a good idea to drink and dink, I think.
These lilies are SO beautiful.
Ha! At least I would have an excuse for being clumsy. Nope, no drinking, just dinking.. :) LOL
TIcker, Mambo or Mango?
Mambo. It was Mambo... *sniff* *sniff* I knew it was there and I just turned and *snap* it was history. This is the first one that I've done that to this entire year. Which for me, is pretty good. Usually I take a few out weeding...
I was thinking, after soooo many visits to that site, that I had missed one. Whew!
My 'Mambo' is coming close.
Ticker, I hate it when I lop off a lily stalk, or should I say, DH and the weedwacker. Not a good combo when it comes to lily survival.
Yeah, I can't even blame the DH for this one. I did it all on my own.. *sigh* I will just have to wait till next year to see it... hopefully...
I've had a terrible time with my Faraway Flowers.... rotten rabbits ate Mambo and Exotic Butterfly, several others aborted buds when it was sooo hot and we hadn't had rain for 6 weeks. Even though I watered, they know the difference.
But I did have Madame Butterfly ~ and oh, the perfume!
Cecil looks great
Cecil is a cute one too. It looks quite short, Moby. Is it?
Those wascally wabbits! Plantskydd and all? Yikes, those must have been some hungry fellars.
Madame Butterfly looks great at your house too. It's got such pretty shading.
Yep, I have some shorties ~ got them in late.
The bunnies were bad enough until my psycopath neighbor cut down 6 trees and cleared out all the brush. Now the squirrels are stealing tomatoes and the bunnies are horrid! Something has even taken a bite from the datura and castor bean leaves.
Can somebody explain how they got to the lily through this cage?? The chomp is well below the top.
Just noticed this on Cecil ~ no anthers
Nymph
I am astounded! These lilies are breath-taking, Oh my poor poor poor pocketbook.
Moby personal quest where do you buy from and why or anyone can jump in here cuz I'm not sure where or when I'm supposed to buy or plant these beautiful lovlelys I just know I'm going to get some somewhere
Gloria
Gloria, we get them from Faraway Flowers....
http://farawayflowers.vstore.ca/
and a few other places. :)
looked at faraway there not up yet
Gloria
Patience, Grasshopper. :) LOL They will be. I think they ship in the spring. I did my order last February, I think. (of course me telling you to have patience is like the pot calling the kettle black). LOL
Gloria, these lilies came from FF, as mentioned, but we order from lots of places. Good places are B&D, Lily Garden, Lily Nook, etc..
If you have none or very few, the easiest way to get started is to buy them locally and can frequently be found potted up and started for you.
FF seedling 97-39-03 opened today. It is gorgeous!
Closer view of the same lily....
This side view reveals the slight bowl shape of the flower....
The third post of mine on this thread is the same as pard's post. So perhaps soil acidity is making a color difference here. Yours is much darker, compared to my soft pink. Beautiful, pard! Are you spreading pollen??
and don't forget BuggyCrazy! :) she send really nice stuff, too! ;) Huge bulbs.
http://buggycrazy.vstore.ca/
Magnolia, I haven't done much pollen daubing this summer. Maybe 5 or 6 planned ones. Is this one and Geisha Girl growing near each other? It will be interesting how they bloom for you next year.
I have them all near each other. I knew I wanted them in place place that I walked by often so they are close to neighboring. It's close to the house too, in case there are any overwintering issues. These are just some really neat bulbs.
This is 'Mambo'. Tough to capture the deep color, but it's neighboring Sumatra and 'Mambo' is darker
'Tiger Woods', larger than 'Dizzy' and more curly petals.
*sigh* My poor Mambo.... Thanks Mags, for posting yours. It's beautiful and now I know what I have to look forward to for next year... TW is kind of neat. :)
TW is soooo dramatic! Gorgeous picture!