They are propagated by digging and dividing roots, seeds also but you never know what you will get from a seed and they take a couple of years to bloom. I fell hard for them and it was only last year I decided I needed lots!
This one is African Grape...these are all pictures of my first blooms, I put these in early spring last year.
Cocoa
I just got my Lily wants last year when I ordered some lily blubs, wasnt sure then how I would like them, what the heck they were almost free (like that word) so I planted them and fell in love, but these are not Daylilys, but are called in the catalog as Stargazer's
This is the Sterling Star (I think)
And this is the Pink Stargazer
I want more more more
Tills - so pretty!!
Tills,
Those are great, I want to get the white ones too. I love lilies too, they smell sooo good. I have about 8 of the pink ones you have above I have a Regale which also smells so good and it is a trumpet...I have a traditional "Easter Lily" it comes back every year and the attached "Stargazer"....Sure wish we had smellivision on these computers
Tills and Carla ~ ***AAAARRRRGGGHHH*** STOP! I MUST HAVE THEM ALL!!!! They are all so BEAUTIFUL! Carla...I do believe these are "scratch and sniff." I tried it and think it works, really....
I ordered mine from Michigan Bulb last year, can't wait to see them start coming up.
This is my Lily Bed, going to have to make it bigger, Its made out of old Ivy runners that wrap around some trees for years, when they cut them down DH brought them home and made plant rings for me.
Just talked on a thread with someone about a lily beetle that is in places in the U.S. So be careful with any lily trades or purchases that you don't get this guys - I guess it's pretty destructive.
OH Tills, I just love the ring around the lilies, and that butterfly is so happy! Verry good idea, thanks for sharing.
Hello ladies, I have Monarda that grows to be 36". It's actually an herb and has a very musky odor when the plant itself is touched. I love the smell of it! I have both Red and Lavender. l used to work at a local Nursery and no there isn't a yellow one. It's very prolific too.
Susan
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I have had a yellow one called fantasy and it hasn't come back for me. There is a photo at the top of this thread. It is the prettiest I think of all the flowers. I also had it in pots here at the nursery. So maybe in the ground it might be better. Its not a true yellow but close.
cattledogs, that's great I didn't know, I didn't see one when I worked at the nursery. Maybe they just never ordered any in the yellow.
Susan
I think It is new. You know how fast all this new stuff is coming out. Some nuseries stick with the tried and true. I like new and weird and if I don't know what it is I have to order it. I once ordered these plants called painted heathers, I thought they were like the painted ferns. They were on the rack and wow actually painted with florist paint. Pink orange purple and black. Unbelivable. I guess thats what you get when you don't know what you order. Heidi
Cats out of bag - Heidi likes 'new and weird', she likes us. Direct line of logic. Yes?
Yes, correct line of logic Laurie!
Why be normal. Abnormality is the normality at this fine locality-- Dragonfly farms
LOL love it
That needs to be engraved somewhere!
My favourite line from Freud is when he makes '...a plea for a measure of abnormality'. Isn't that nice.
I've decided that the connotation of abnormal is just too negative. I prefer atypical - that captures me to a "T".
it is a nice word - (you have to give Freud tolerance for his century, and credit for his thinking).
Yes. That wasn't a slam on Mr. Freud. He did a lot of good thinking and writing in his time, though I tend to be more of a Jungian, I think (as I learn what that means LOL).
Miriam-Webster also says that "exceptional" and "divergent" work as well. I like to think of myself as "exceptional" (but I also like "loony!")
Hi,all,
I sorta lurk in here occasionally since I am just up the road from you in BC and we celebrate the same weather as you. I was reading this thread and wondering if any of you have had problems with those maggots that turn the insides of stella d'oro lily blossoms to mush? Is that a problem there yet?
I am orig.from the U.S. (wisconsin) but have been living here in BC for 7 1/2 yrs now.
Thanks and apologies if I invaded your thread with another topic that should have been sent elsewhere...
Hi ladyfiresign - so glad to hear from you.
Are these the lily beetles that so many people are concerned about back east? I talked to someone in the midwest who said she'd suspended lily trades with people in the Northeast because she was afraid of introducing them?
I haven't seen any of those (yet), and certainly don't want to. Did you lose all your bulbs?
I wouldn't worry too much about digressing on the thread - as you can tell this groups moves around a lot and digresses a lot. We don't seem to be the sticklers that some of the people in the other forms are . . .
Thanks again for posting. You're sure welcome here!!
Lady, we are incredibly good at multi-thinking, maggots/Freud/Jung - I bet we can even come up with a connection!
Have you experienced this bug yet, or being watchful? Just wondering if we could have more info - and lets get Sofer in on this - as Pix describes him, 'our resident scienctist!' - boy he's good when we have bug questions! (Although first it sounds like he has to get through avalanche country - go sofer go!)
I think he's making the trip tonight. Just hearing that Stevens and White Passes are still closed and that there are plans to open Snoqualmie Pass tonight sometime between 9:00 p.m. and midnight (another 5 hours or so). There is so muc snow, they're having troubling finding places to pile the snow they've already plowed.
Up toward Stevens Pass, there was a million-dollar vacation home hit by an avalance and completely destroyed. The news reporter and cameraman covering that almost got hit coming back to Seattle. http://www.komotv.com/news/15478041.html.
It's about 75 miles over the top on Snoqualmie and then he'll be through.
Hi all, I've been away for a bit.
Re: the maggots
They are present...they don't appear to attack the bulbs, just the buds before they open, causing them to shrivel and become malformed and when you open them there are dozens of tiny white maggoty things. I read not all that long ago that these flies/maggots seem to like early blooming yellow day lilies in particular (go figure) and my Stella D' Oro seems to fit that bill. The only thing I can do is pick off any affected buds, dump them in some salty, soapy water and pray that I can break the life cycle of this pest. I was going to divide the lily and give some to a friend from work, but when I discovered these maggots, I didn't share. If it happens again this year I may have to dig up the plant and get rid of it.
I heard this is becoming more prevalent in Southern BC and did not know if it had gotten down to WA/OR yet.
LFS - you may be able to get away with a bleach solution. A mild solution for a few minutes is okay for some bulbs. And that's a little more likely to get rid of your maggots.
It might be worth it to get rid of the plant. I can give you some more Stella d'Oro is you're ever this way. On the other hand, maggots is only one part of the life cycle of the fly, so I can't see that they would be an ongoing problem . . .
Don't know, just speculating. Is that a new problem this year or has it been going on year after year? Maybe not maggots?
Hey I was hoping you would talk more about that exceptional diver gent! Have you met him.
Katie59...
It was just last summer that I first noticed the critters. I went online looking for information about what they might be and found links through the BC Ministry of Agriculture that pretty much described what I saw. Not sure why they showed up all of a sudden but from what I read they were becoming more common here in BC. Hopefully for you the 49th parallel will be a deterrent (smiling) to this day lily terrorist threat.
I'm guessing that we'll have it eventually, so we should be aware of it now. Hoping that yours move on and the plants recover!! Thanks for letting us know - I have tons of Stella d'Oro and I know others have lots of daylilies, so at least we'll know what to look for.
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/threegardeners_1204301568_302_tn.jpg
Outta----This is a great monarda article. Sorry---I don't yet know how to hyperlink.
Willow ~ I knew him when I lived in So Cal. I think he's still there but a bit older now. . . ; )
BB ~ Nice picture. Unfortunately there is no article connected. I started this thread 4 months ago and since have gotten M. punctata seeds from a newbie welcome packet which I have sown inside. Just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit so I can put the little buggers outside! Can't hardly wait!
Hey ladies you need to learn how to add a smiley face.^_^ Just hold the shift key down and type the 6 then dash and 6 again then hit send.
Susan
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Ooooh fun, Susan. Can we do any others? ^_^
^_^ Neat,Susan.I bet Dave doesn't know this.
I've got Monarda Didyma that is just starting to come up for its 3rd year.The bumblebees really like it,but the big bee attractor lest year was my Borage.Also the Calendula.
Okay Outta--Here's another way to get there. Go to Guides and Info. Then scroll down to Articles. Then scroll down to Bee Balm by Lee Anne Stark. ^_^
OMG, it's the smiley-face thread. ^_^
Ned, you should add some figwort. I have a variegated one and, though it's a bog plant, I had it out in a very dry area and it grey incredibly tall. The flower doesn't look like much, but it was covered in bees all summer.
I love Monarda - and got a couple of the tall ones last year from Firevicar at the Green Elephant. I'm going to combine them with Joe Pyeweed and some helianthus, backed by a grass like Burent and see how wild and crazy it'll get. Maybe I'll add some Borage and Calendula and call it Ned's garden . . .
Katie59-I just grew mine from seed,starting them indoors early.I had blooms on my Monarda the first year.Here's some of the borage & calendula.
