Lilies, anyone?

[RickR]

Faraway Flowers was one of the few distributors of Lankon in the US last season, and the owners has quite a following with the members of a lily forum I frequent.  http://allthingsplants.com/forums/view/lilies/  Several people have posted their Lankon flowers and it doesn't seem that difficult to grow.  I will inquire there for you, Fermi.

[Gene Mirro]

Blooming 7/5/12:
Lilium canadense:





L. formosanum pricei:





L maritimum, a very southerly form:



L. bakerianum delavayi:



L. michiganense:



L. callosum:



In bloom 7/27/12:
L. lancifolium diploid form:



L. japonicum/auratum hybrid:

[Gene Mirro]

L. sulphureum hybrid, maybe:  



This had to be the most spectacular thing in the garden this year.  Definitely not rock garden material though.

L. speciosum gloriosides:



Very unusual.

[Hoy]

They are all glorious, Gene! Bravo!

[RickR]

Spectacular, Gene!  And I don't mean just the gloriosoides.
  Such nice form on the L. formosanum var. pricei and
the stature of the L. maritimum and L. callosum is impressive.

[RickR]

Fermi, I had forgotten all about your Lankon question.
I did ask, but didn't get a lot of good feedback.  Here it is:

http://allthingsplants.com/thread/view/12193/Lankon/

[Afloden]

Was there any seed set on the gloriosoides? I had this at one time, but did not keep it alive long enough to set seed.

 I can offer Lilium speciosum clivorum seed (ex Archibalds) in return or some others.

 Aaron

[Gene Mirro]

I only had one gloriosides this year, so no seed.  Also, they bloom very late, so they probably won't produce seed in my cool, short summers.  Maybe I need to grow them in the greenhouse.

[Fermi]

Fermi, I had forgotten all about your Lankon question.
I did ask, but didn't get a lot of good feedback.  Here it is:

http://allthingsplants.com/thread/view/12193/Lankon/

Thanks, Rick, sorry for not replying earlier - I'd been a bit busy and had hardly any time to check out the Forum.
I read the first couple of replies when you posted the link earlier.
In fact I see that Anthony G has bought the bulbs from the same supplier - VDQ = Van Diemen Quality Bulbs - in Tassie.
cheers
[Mr] fermi 

[Toole]

A couple of sps currently showing colour .

So pleased to see Lilium pumilum  --I had to rescue it from the garden last season.
L.pyrenaicum.


A number of others in bud including L.parryi from seed --hope it is worth the wait and true ........ Pics to follow later on.

Cheers Dave.

[Hoy]

Makes me longing for summer, Dave!

[RickR]

The ciliate edges of the L. pyrenaicum leaves are remarkable, Dave.

  Does the silver edge last through the growing season?

[Toole]

Does the silver edge last through the growing season?

I'm not sure Rick --Will keep an eye out and report back.

Cheers Dave.

[IMYoung]

The silvery edging on L. pyrenaicum leaves does las t though the season here.

 If only I could persuade the Bulb Despot (Ian) that we should have MORE lovely red L. pumilum and FEWER L. pyrenaicum     I HATE the smell of L. pyrenaicum - he thinks it is quite pleasant........

[McDonough]

The silvery edging on L. pyrenaicum leaves does las t though the season here.

 If only I could persuade the Bulb Despot (Ian) that we should have MORE lovely red L. pumilum and FEWER L. pyrenaicum     I HATE the smell of L. pyrenaicum - he thinks it is quite pleasant........

I like the appearance of both lilies, not only the ciliate leaf edge on L.pyrenaicum, but also the dense foliage stacking on that species. Maggi, maybe I shouldn't ask, but how would you describe the smell of L. pyrenaicum blooms?

Every time I come to admire the gorgeous lilies on these pages, I regret that I have lily beetle in the garden, and have no time, no interest, nor realistic ability to follow a regimen of spraying with chemicals. But that's okay, I can watch from afar, I need to be realistic, I still can barely handle the plants I do well with nor can I keep up with the weeding.