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| The Oriental lilies prefer acid
soil and temperate, moist summers. Provide these by
shade, mulching, or container culture if necessary.
Their enormous flowers, heavenly fragrance, and late
summer bloom time are worth the extra efforts! |
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'Flying Circus' ( ) We first introduced this lily, something completely different, in 1996. It was an immediate sell-out, but our propagation stock was destroyed by flooding, and the very few bulbs that were left have been slow to propagate as we moved our fields after further winter floods. This incredible mutation from 'Imperial Silver' seedlings goes far beyond double. Each one has up to 50 petals, slowly emerging from the mint green buds as the layers of petals open out and turn pure white. Flowers are amazingly long-lasting!
3 to 4 feet, July through August.
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Oriental lily 'Flying Circus' |
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‘Hot Spot’ has enormous, whipped-cream white flowers with raspberry-centered petals flecked with raspberry freckles. Heavily fragrant, too.
3 to 4 feet, August.
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‘Enjoy’delights the senses with its huge, sumptuous, fragrant flowers! Its broad, rose-edged, lightly frilled petals suffuse into sparkling white centers, and the flowers fill the garden with fragrance.
Long green leaves make thewhole plant extra lush.
4 feet, late August.
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'Rio
Negro’ is magnificent! This
glorious lily is deepest purple-red, with richly colored
black nectaries. Lush, huge blooms are sweetly
fragrant, with a wide, ruffled form.
4 feet,
August.
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‘Stargazer’ is the best known lily in the world, with upfacing crimson
flowers with a white edge. For more than 25 years,
it has remained a cut flower of choice, and makes
a terrific garden plant, too! Its 3 foot stems are
an excellent choice for containers.
3 to 4 feet, August.
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