Lilium 2010

[Susan Band]

A couple of lilium taliense grown from the same seed pod. It doesn't really show from the photos but the first is quite a lemon colour.
They are similar to lankongense and duchartrei in that they run about.
Susan

[Lesley Cox]

I'd better not say anything about the double martagon, except perhaps - what an achievement!

But I like the white cernuum very much as well as talianse and I ADORE L. fargesii.

[Graham Catlow]

Lilium I think it's 'Ebony' but I'm not totally sure.

Graham

 

[Ragged Robin]

What an absolutely stunning lily, Graham, and the planting combination looks terrific 

[Lesley Cox]

You're right there Robin. That dark red enhanced and supported by red Astilbe and darker red maple is a wonderful combination. There are dark Heucheras et al as well Graham?

[Graham Catlow]

What an absolutely stunning lily, Graham, and the planting combination looks terrific 

You're right there Robin. That dark red enhanced and supported by red Astilbe and darker red maple is a wonderful combination. There are dark Heucheras et al as well Graham?

Robin and Lesley: thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them.
Unfortunately I only have two of the lilies left from 9 that I bought several years ago. I keep thinking I should try taking scales and multiplying them from those.
Lesley, the bed which I call the red bed also includes a dark leafed Heuchera,  :)along with the red Alstromeria, (that I showed last week), and also includes the red Astilbe 'Fire', Clematis 'Sensation' which sprawls where it wants to, a red Penstemon, and to the right a white Astilbe. The dwarf Rhodo. front left is Razorbill and the Magnolia is stellata.
The Alstromeria doesn't always manage to stay erect and falls into other areas and I think adds to the effect.

The photos are of the Heuchera and 'The Red Bed'

Graham

Graham

[Ragged Robin]

Such a rich planting scheme like a plum pudding full of fruit!  Thanks for the extra photos Graham...I grow that dark leaved Heuchera with simple hardy red/purple Fuchsia suspended through Ferns.

Which dwarf Rhodo do you grow there?

[Graham Catlow]

Such a rich planting scheme like a plum pudding full of fruit!  Thanks for the extra photos Graham...I grow that dark leaved Heuchera with simple hardy red/purple Fuchsia suspended through Ferns.

Which dwarf Rhodo do you grow there?

Hi Robin,
Your planting with the Heuchera sund good - do we get a photo
The dwarf Rhodo is 'Razorbill'. It flowers early and is sometimes hit by frosts.
It's quite uncanny that you should say Plum Pudding as that could just be the name of the Heuchera, but I can't really remember.
Graham

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks Graham, the Heuchera is Patty's Plum if it's the same as mine - tomorrow it may be less dull and I'll try a photo, nothing grand 

[Lesley Cox]

I use Alstroemeria 'Red Baron' and Penstemons 'Firebird' and 'Garnet' in my red bed and also several Cosmos atrosanguinea and the red leaved grass Imperata cylindrica as well as a couple of dahlias, 'Bishop of LLandaff' and a spiky, blood-red cactus form. There are other things too including some purple reds and orangey reds but no pinky shades.

Unfortunately, this red bed is still in my mind. It's been there for years. One day.....

[Ragged Robin]

          Oh Lesley, you had me fooled, I was imagining this amazing bed full of hot coloured plants growing so well together 

[Giles]

Lilium auratum.

[Graham Catlow]

I use Alstroemeria 'Red Baron' and Penstemons 'Firebird' and 'Garnet' in my red bed and also several Cosmos atrosanguinea and the red leaved grass Imperata cylindrica as well as a couple of dahlias, 'Bishop of LLandaff' and a spiky, blood-red cactus form. There are other things too including some purple reds and orangey reds but no pinky shades.

Unfortunately, this red bed is still in my mind. It's been there for years. One day.....

          Oh Lesley, you had me fooled, I was imagining this amazing bed full of hot coloured plants growing so well together 

Yes Lesley you had me fooled too.  ???i was hoping we were going to get a photo of that wonderful combination. You really should put that together.
Graham

[Lvandelft]

Lilium I think it's 'Ebony' but I'm not totally sure.

Graham

Graham, I think the name of your plant is not o.k.
L. Ebony has a Turkish Cap form (so I found out in the Lily Register.)
I got my bulbs 2 years with the name Lancini, which is not right too.
It was in a parcel from a post-order firm and given to me. It's rather dark in the garden, so not every ones taste.
The right name is: Lilium Landini.
Here two pics for comparison.

[Lvandelft]

Here another lily which I received from the same deliverer.
The only good thing of this one is that the leaves are so sturdy that they get not attacked by lily beetles and did not have to pay for it

And one of my favourites here is Lilium Citronella