Saskatchewan Lilies ....in progress

Sunday, May 19, 2013

All the lily seedlings are in the greenhouse.

Well I moved all my potted lily seedlings out to the greenhouse to finish and some have started blooming.
Some curled buds from leaning against things or aphids or both.

These seedlings are from a cross of L. Hollandicum X Tango Dot Com.

Martagons are growing well.

Seedlings from seed - Alsace area of France

More seedlings from Poland

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Seedlings in drinking Glasses

Well I potted up at least 176 bulbs in plastic glasses to keep them alive as they started growing in the peat moss in bags in the refrigerator Some are growing very well already and others are still rooting. Here are some pictures.

This is a Griesbach seedling looking very healthy.

Some Narcissus at the very front of the picture.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Winter wonder ..........................seedlings!

Well I put up a few trays of seeds on November 12 and left them in the workshop for about a week at 0 - 8 C and they are already shooting up juvenile leaves! All but one tray are my collected seeds and the other is seed of Trumpets I purchased from Diane's Seeds. Now to keep them alive and growing well.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

The season is over - maybe, and it is time for digging!

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"

There were a few other interesting things to see such as this dwarf apple.

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.