Asiatic and oriental lilies provide an easy to grow, colorful addition to your garden and landscape. They are versatile and easy to care for and offer a wide variety of heights, flower forms, and ...
A group of Asiatic lilies take in the sun. Susan Rendall says Oriental lilies such as this one are fragrant whereas asiatic lilies are not. A darker selection of Asiatic lilies rise above hints of ...
Dear Master Gardener: I received a potted lily plant for Mother’s Day. Can I plant it in my garden? Answer: It depends. If it is an Asiatic lily, you can plant it in your garden after it blooms. Cut ...
The large, showy blooms of lilies add colorful elegance to the summer landscape. While many plants are called "lilies," plants such as daylily, calla lily, surprise lily or water lily are not true ...
People often ask me what is my favorite flower. I love so many that I guess I would have to answer, “The one blooming at the moment.” I have many, many favorites and right now oriental lilies are ...
Spring brings many beautiful flowers, but none more beautiful than the lily. Readily found this time of year and often used for celebrations and decorating in the spring, lilies are important to many ...
Mid-July typically is when flower gardens hit their stride. Perennials are in bud or blossom, and annuals continue to thrive. It’s a kaleidoscope of color to be sure, assuming fungal disease and ...
The lily season begins early and ends late, so you have a wide variety to pick from to brighten your garden with color and scent. Late summer is the culmination of the lily celebration that began in ...
When they aren’t complaining about the weather, gardeners often like to whine about what awful things the hybridizers have done to this or that venerable plant to make it smaller or bushier or ...
Asiatic lilies have upward-facing flowers like this soft pink variety. (Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center) Of all the flowers of summer, none are as aristocratic as the lilies – regal flowers ...
Often you will find Asiatic and Oriental lilies that have been forced to bloom for Easter. These would make a great alternative for an Easter lily if you want to plant them in your garden. Easter ...
"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." As a gardener I have always loved this line ...