Lilies, anyone?

[IMYoung]

Maggi, maybe I shouldn't ask, but how would you describe the smell of L. pyrenaicum blooms?

  Well, I know that it is often possible to describe scents as being similar to some other familiar fragrance, or stink, as the case may be     but for these lilies I am stuck for a comparison .

Unpleasantly foetid but not in a way I can easily characterise.  Just yucky!!

[RickR]

I've seen Lilium pyrenaicum seed on the NARGS seed ex that is described as "sweet scented".

  Does anyone have any input on this?

[IMYoung]

For me, "sweet scent" is what Lilium regale, or formosanum or the oriental trumpet types have.
I know that those can be cloying for some folks. They can be a bit overpowering in quantty and close proximity indoors, I agree - but  pyrenaicum smells bad - even just passing them in the garden I hate the smell - too much of the "not so recently dead" about them. I'd love to hear from someone who can attribute a recognizably pleasant smell to them!

[Tony Willis]

Maggi, maybe I shouldn't ask, but how would you describe the smell of L. pyrenaicum blooms?

  Well, I know that it is often possible to describe scents as being similar to some other familiar fragrance, or stink, as the case may be     but for these lilies I am stuck for a comparison .

Unpleasantly foetid but not in a way I can easily characterise.  Just yucky!!

The word that comes to mind for me is Fox (being polite) droppings!

[Toole]

 pyrenaicum smells bad - even just passing them in the garden I hate the smell - too much of the "not so recently dead" about them.

Mmm.......at the moment Arisaema tortuosum is having the same effect on me --so much so i'm avoiding walking down the path where a patch is in bloom.

Anyway on a more pleasant note the L.martagons have started .....

Cheers Dave.

[Hoy]

Lilies? I have to wait a long time for them. . . . Last night we got 60cm snow and a gale is expected to hit tomorrow evening.

Good to see your lilies then, Dave!

[Toole]

20C early this morning --10c at lunch time with rain so great for the shrubs and the mass of white carpet roses i was planting out this arvo for a client.
It'll be a snow white effect in time Hoy but without the cold 

My hope is for regular rain over the next week and beyond so there aren't any losses while folk are away for the xmas break.

Cold enough tonight that we have have the log burner going   

Cheers Dave.
 

[Lori S.]

20C in the morning to -10C at lunch... sounds like the weather here!     

[Toole]

Oops   i guess you could read my post above as minus 10C when in fact it dropped to 10C.
I do need to watch where i place my -'s ..........

Cheers Dave.

[Lori S.]

Yes, just kidding, Dave.    I knew you were referring to +10C... (but we really do get ridiculous temperature swings like that (-10 to +20C) sometimes here when chinooks roll in in the winter.)