Well I thought the flowering season was essentially over as we drove out to Honeywood Heritage Nursery 2 weeks ago and took pictures of the last of the season there. To my surprise there were still a couple of plants to bloom here at home. First from Honeywood.
Lilium tigrinum var. "Splendens"
The full planting in this area.
Lilium tigrinum double
This is the species planting area.
Lilium Oriental "Cobra" in pots.
Lilium "Nova"
Lilium "Towering Turk", a potential must have.
Lilium "Skydancer"
Lilium "Centuria"
Lilium "Atlas"
Lilium "Citronella"
And then there were several rows of a daylily called "Salieri".
So on to my own home lily patch. Well there was nothing going on (not really but it seems like when there are so few in flower. One double tiger is all) until I noticed this week that a small seedling(early winter seed start) of Lilium lankongense was starting to open up. I had not even noticed it had a bud! So thanks to Darm Crook I have seen this one in real life. The different backgrounds and light hilite some of the color but it is a pale mauve to dark pink.
About a foot tall. What a good start. I hope it can store enough food to grow a good bulb.
