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"Orienpet"
Hybrid Lilies -- page
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can flower color vary in Orienpets? Because
of their complex ancestry and the interaction of many
pigments, Orienpet lilies often have more intensely
colored flowers in cooler weather. Heat and bright
light can lighten their colors. The same stem of ‘Smoky
Mountain’ may have some flowers heavily washed
in red, with just a touch of gold near the edges,
and golden flowers with a light watercolor wash of
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the lily world, produced after years of efforts to combine
the sublime beauty of the Oriental lilies with the more
garden persistent, heat tolerant and colorful Trumpet
and Aurelian hybrids.
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NEW! ‘Peach Opulent’ is an iridescent soft golden peach, shading into deeper tones with cool weather and becoming more lemony under hotter conditions. It has a luscious pink reverse which is emphasized by its sturdy buds and beautiful petal recurve. Its large flowers are wonderfully fragrant, too!
4 feet and taller, mid to late July.
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‘Bonbini’ has really charmed us with its sumptuous wide-open flowers, seemingly sculpted from pure ivory, each embellished with a large star of sweetheart pink and slightly ruffled petals. The fragrance is sublime, too!
4 feet and eventually taller, late July.
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‘Time Zone’ is a luscious, rich raspberry rose with a delightful white star in the center of each stupendous flower. The sturdy stems easily support the large flowers and stand up to our evening winds and even the occasional hailstorm! Deliciously fragrant.
3 to 4 feet, late July.
| Special price! |
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Each
$10.00 |
3/$27.00 |
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‘Quintessence’ ( ) is a special selection from our ‘Luminaries’ Strain, with heavy cream-yellow petals (rather than icy white) and more suffused, soft rose “kaleidoscope” encircling its golden throat. It is the tallest of this group, too, with tall, strong stems reaching 7 feet in our fields! Mid July.
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‘Wassail’ ()
has shimmering flowers that blend soft gold and soft rose into a luscious glowing peach. The blending and intensity of the colors vary delicately with changes in temperatures and light levels. Beautiful form, strong stems, and heavenly fragrance!
3 to 4 feet, mid July.
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‘Alchemy’ ()) reminds us of the alchemists’ quest to change metals into gold. When you see its stunning flowers of deepest red rimmed with a wide coppery gold margin, can you picture a bubbling cauldron where fiery molten metals are forming gold at the edge? ‘Alchemy’ will fill your garden with lasting color and fragrance from mid July to early August! 3 to 5 feet.
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Each
$7.50 |
3/$21.00
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‘Bravura’ ()
has enormous, slightly pendulous flowers which are pure
white outside and the deepest crimson you can imagine
inside! The richly textured tetraploid flowers
are as fragrant as they are lovely, and they are
borne on sturdy stems which need no staking!
4
feet, early to mid July.
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‘Scheherazade’
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is one of the most successful garden plants we have created; this lily is flourishing around the world! Deep red recurved flowers are edged in gold, shading into white margins, and the throat shows the same dramatic color pattern. This was our first “Orienpet” hybrid, and its popularity soon earned it a place in the Hall of Fame! This is the hardiest and healthiest of plants, the one we share with young gardeners to assure success!
4 to 6 feet (first year), up to 8 feet when established, mid August.
This bulb grew an 8-foot stem this year, in spite of a northern exposure and no special care! |
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'Scheherazade' shows its signature tertiary buds that give three successive flowers on each pedicel! |
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Judith pollinating 'Scheherazade' |
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‘Allegretto’ () can reach 8 feet tall! Its fragrant, luscious lemon flowers with cool green nectaries open perfectly even in the hottest weather, and towering stems standtall without staking.
4 to 6 feet and taller, late July to early August.
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‘Leslie
Woodriff’, bred
by Robert Griesbach, was produced from tetraploid forms
of two of Leslie Woodriff’s classic garden lilies:
‘White Henryi’ and ‘Black Beauty.’
It equals its superlative parents in beauty and garden-worthiness,
earning it a place in the Hall of Fame after years of topping the Populary
Poll!
4 to 6 feet and more, late July to early
August.
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Each
$6.00 |
3/$16.00 |
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