Monday, September 2, 2013

Lilies


a Chinese proverb:   if you have 2 loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily


Lilies (not day lily) are a favorite flower, especially as a cut flower for vases. The flower will last for a good week in a vase.
A lily is not the common day lily.  Lilies have 6 petals and grow on one main stem.  Day lilies have 2 layers of petals and grow as a clump.
Lilies flower from May until mid-August; what other flower can do that?


trumpet lily

Black Beauty Lily

Some good sources to get lilies:

www.thelilygarden.com
www.bdlilies.com
www.mzbulb.com
www.johnscheepers.com
Fall is the best time to plant the lily bulbs.




Lilies rule!



 

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