We are a month into what could be an extreme summer and though many of the Liliums have done reasonably well, signs of heat stress are evident on these two Orientpets, Ovation and (presumeably) Belladonna:
Close up of Lilium 'Ovation'
Close up of Lilium 'Belladonna'
Later flowering liliums are often caught out by summers here and a few others are aborting buds already,
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Think your lilies look great
Think your lilies look great anyway, Fermi!
Thanks, Hoy,
Thanks, Hoy,
here's the last one for awhile,
a slightly singed 'Table Dance'
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This is the first flower we
This is the first flower we've had on this Orient-Pet 'Robert Swanson', purchased from Club Creek Bulb Farm in May 2014.
The color really stands out in the rather parched landscape at present!
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On the shady side of the
On the shady side of the house one of the original "O-T" hybrids (actually between Lilium henryi and L. speciosum, I believe) Lilium 'Black Beauty' is in bloom,
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Oriental Lilium 'Canberra'
Oriental Lilium 'Canberra' has managed a small flower this year,
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We started the year with
We started the year with these Oriental-Trumpet (Orient-Pet, or O-T) lilium hybrids and they are already in bloom again!
Ovation
Belladonna
Robina
Gluhwein
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Some more heat-stressed lilies:
'Gluhwein'
'Robina'
'Mr Cas'
'Silk Road'
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