I ordered a few lilies to plant this fall. New asiatic hybrids are Ay Carumba, Blue Eyes, Dalila & Monte Negro. This is actually the fourth time I’ve ordered Monte Negro and I’m hoping this time it might actually be Monte Negro. I’m sure it will be because I’m ordering it from a different company… one in which I have much more confidence. I’ve also ordered Dimension & Landini again as I want more of them and they didn’t seem to be multiplying all that well for me and I’ve ordered Renoir & Toronto once more as slugs ‘got them’ this past spring. Bach, Eyeliner, Koures, Nashville, Purple Diamond & Tropic Diamond are the LAs I ordered. Eyeliner I already have but I have an idea for a flower arrangement in next year’s show for which I’ll need more. Lastly, I ordered two new oriental hybrids… Josephine & Salinas. I’m keeping my fingers crossed on these ones. The pictures looked really pretty however, I ordered them from the same company I originally ordered those Monte Negros that weren’t. They’ll be lilies all right. Maybe very pretty lilies. It’s just kind of hit or miss as to whether they’ll be the right lilies. Again, fingers crossed!

My gosh there are a lot of wanna-bees popping up. Let’s try to restrict them to the wanne-be thread, okay? Just so someone new doesn’t mistake them for true lilies. But I have to admit Tralamander, that toad lily really does look beautiful.

And it’s so great that you’re collecting seed from your lilies. I love it!!!! When your first lilies that you have grown from seed bloom… you are going to be in for such a thrill. You’ll be filled with pride and joy. It’s such a thrill.

Ah, but in order to be a true lily, the plant must belong to the GENUS Lilium… not just the family Liliaceae.

I know it’s confusing. You should see the number of plants people try to enter as lilies in flower shows. They usually end up being moved to their proper spots but sometimes they have to be disqualified. It’s a real shame. If someone has called something a lily all their lives, why would they not think that it was a lily? It’s perfectly natural to do so. People don’t seem to mind their entries being moved but when it’s disqualified, we just have to hope that they’ll forgive us, and put it in the right spot the next year. Daylilies and calla lilies are the ones I see misplaced most frequently.

But thanks for looking toad lily up, Tralamander. ‘Appreciate it muchly!’

I’m going to try to answer your question in the ‘showing lilies’ thread. Please note the word, ‘try’.

Spring catalogues have been arriving like mad including one of my favourites which is, of course, ALL lilies. They have four oriental hybrids which I do not have, are tall (not those silly little pot types… my apologies to those who like dwarf lilies) and single. I’m thinking I need to order myself some. So, they are Beebop (pretty lily even if the name is a little odd), Chill Out, Deep Impact and Extravaganza. I also found one in another catalogue called Millesimo which is very pretty. It reminds me just a tad of Brazilia but the colour & markings are ‘cleaner,’ if that makes any sense.
So, along with the Josephine & Salinas bulbs I ordered last fall, it looks like I’ll have seven new oriental hybrids for 2012 and I’m THRILLED. This division is difficult to find here in Canada.

I ordered three asiatics and an LA along with those orientals. The asiatic hybrids are all downward (or almost downward) facing… Night Flyer, Paul Bunyan & Red Velvet. I don’t have a lot of downward facing lilies but the few that I do, grow well. Actually, two of them are ones that were supposed to be Monte Negro. And the company thought that I was just being difficult when I said that these lilies were not the upward-facing Monte! Hmmph!!! The LA I ordered was Forza Red. I’m not sure whey I’ve ordered all these reds this spring. Pinks and peaches are really more my thing. I must be ‘going thru a phase’ of sorts.

Forza Red is new to the supplier and may be new to the market, as well.

I have an unnamed variety that has broken dormancy already in zone 5. I am fairly certain this is going to be an early year! They don’t look too happy to have been snowed on, but they look as though they will be alright. But it is, I believe a type of tiger lily. They are a bright orange/yellow, I think 4-5 inches across. Very pretty, and a mid to late spring bloomer as i recall. I would love to swap for more varieties, but haven’t found anyone to swap with yet.