Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Another bloom!

 A cross of Lilium davidii x (L. davidiix L. lancifolium).

Again seed from Ray McNamara at Sparras Nest!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

First look, First flower.

 Flower #1
 Flower #2
Here we are together and more to come. This is a great first time combination and under lights yet!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

We need more light!

Well the seedlings are growing but pretty spindly! More light please! They should improve as I have made some changes to bring in more light.
 There are buds coming on some of these very thin plants so I have tried to stake most of them up. Here is a very nice looking bud on a Sparras Nest seedling. The site is not working well but he does have good seed when he responds. This is a seedling from his cross RM10-432 which is quite a diverse cross. Some the varieties/species are L. auratum, L. speciosum, L. leucanthum, L. henryi, L. regale, L. sargentaie, and L. martagon. More pictures to follow.
 Some seedlings got their first taste of the outdoors. Into the greenhouse for night though.
 The following pictures are of L. Martagon which are showing good signs of growth. First is a seedling which I hope to ID as I have received seed from 2 sources and somewhere along the way the markers got lost r mixed up.
 This is Brocade in it's second year of growth here
 Last two pictures are of 2 new martagons purchased from a gardener in Saskatoon. They were big bulbs so I am expecting good stems. One is supposed to be a variety that his father brought from Europe when they moved to Canada.