Japanese Cobra Lily
Arisaema sikokianum
(air-iss-EE-mah) (si-koe-kee-AY-num)

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

On its way to 5 PM here on the mountain. Although the sun is not as warm as it was a couple hours ago, the thermometer reads 53.6 and that's fine by me. Alex and I just returned from a walk with Karl the wonder dog and I have about 20 minutes to let fly with some thoughts before stuffing a roasting chicken and getting a few vegetables ready for tonight. Gail is away this afternoon and I promised to have dinner ready between 6:30 and 7. So far we're all on target. We have welcomed the warmth of spring and I am particularly pleased that the snow plow hasn't moved in a couple weeks. Last year this time we were deep in snow and we needed a boost. Now things are looking better. . . .

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"There is nothing that makes it's way more directly

to the soul than beauty."

Joseph Addison

Calla Lily

comes from the Greek word "Kallos" meaning "beauty"
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I was pleasantly impressed with the spectacular show of
elegant blooms of the Calla Lily growing in a resort garden!
I will grow this beauty as a potted plant
in
my Ontario Canada zone 6 garden. .
and overwinter indoors
I continue to enjoy the abundance of flowers blooming
here in Scottsdale Arizona, my home for another month!

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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2008-04-01, 06:53:24

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I'm not much of a fan of Oriental Lilies probably because I don't have any nice cultivars. I bought my Oriental Lilies in one of those mixes from a big box store when they were on clearance. If these lilies hadn't been so cheap I would have been disappointed in ending up with white and orange colored flowers when the packaging showed a nice mix of colors. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to lily, seeds on 2007-11-15, 06:09:26

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It's hard to believe lilies are so easy to grow. The energy and beauty stored in their bulbs makes me appear to be a more attentive gardener than I am. I just plant and water and wait for the show.

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Posted by Angela Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2007-05-28, 23:01:25

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The peace lilly with the tear, droplet hanging off the end of the leaf...

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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2007-04-25, 17:46:00

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Going away on vacation has two benefits. First, you have the fun of the vacation. Second, when you come home, your garden has all kinds of surprises for you. I returned from vacation to find my calla lilies beginning to bloom in the front flower bed. This photo shows the bloom is just beginning to unfurl.

My plants stay in the ground year round and are quite happy in their location. To my pleasant surprise, they have propagated on their own by seed.

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Posted by California Gardener in Zone 23 Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2007-01-05, 16:56:45

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It is day of sharp adjustment; yesterday we were in southern Arkansas, with roses in full bloom, and the leaves just starting to turn... today, here in Iowa, the leaves are in tatters, a cold drizzle is falling, and the garden is rapidly getting the late autumn floppy-mushies. . . .

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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn, lily on 2006-10-19, 00:19:32

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I found this photo buried on Flickr. It's my 'Frans Hals' daylily, taken back on August 2.

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Posted by Karen Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-10-19, 00:13:39

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Hairy Toad Lily
Tricyrtis hirta
(try-SER-tis) (HER-tuh)

The naming on the Toad Lily seem a little mixed up, as it can be difficult to figure out which one your dealing with. While trying to find out the correct name for this particular type I did notice that there are a lot more species available to the gardener than just the common ones. I will have to get a few of the yellow ones. . . .

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Posted by Digital Flower Pictures Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-09-09, 11:08:36

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My calla lilies have been a disappointment in the last year or two. I put a slew of them in a shadey bed under some oak trees. They never quite took off in this spot. I think they are doing poorly for a couple of reasons . . .

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Posted by Robert Brinkmann Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-09-02, 11:10:20

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New Australian Waterlilies Nymphaea georginae Three new Australian species of waterlilies that are native to Queensland have been described by Australian expert Dr. Surrey Jacobs of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and leading American botanist Dr. Barre Hellquist. The discovery of three new species has resulted from the on-going investigation into the aquatic plants, of Australia, which until

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Posted by Philip Swindells Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-25, 23:06:37

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Empty stalks and lovely memories

El, one my regular correspondents and author of a terrific new blog called Fast Grow The Weeds, seems to be bored with my current eupatorium rugosum fixation.  I don't know.  If every perennial that I bought for $5 at a roadside stand turned out to the four feet wide and five feet tall with purple leaves and pom-pom blooms in September, well, I think I would be a very satisfied woman indeed. . .

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Tropical Water Lilies
by Rich Sacher, Owner, American Aquatic Gardens, New Orleans, La
(Zone 9 Directions)

Tropical water lilies are very easy to grow and their blooming season in New Orleans is from May 1st until a killing frost in December. They come in a wide variety of colors, including some varieties which bloom at night. A well-grown plant will have several flowers open every day of its eight month blooming season, and each flower lasts three days.. . .

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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-22, 23:31:48

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stargazer

The lily came as a nice surprise. I bought some bulbs from the granddaughter of a friend last spring. The order was delayed, and I didn’t get them until late June. I planted the bulbs right away, but didn’t expect to see flowers this year. This one plant chose to bloom. It has three flowers on it, big, bright, beautiful flowers. The flowers are only about a foot off the ground, so even with a kneeling pad, I almost had to stand on my head to get this shot. Glad I was out behind the garden!

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2006 New Waterlily Competition Results

Nymphaea 'Tan-khwan'

The winners of the 2006 New Waterlily Competition of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society have been announced. . .

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Posted by GardenMessenger Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-15, 16:06:56

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A few years ago I got these bulbs from someone. It was either my mother or a neighbor's mother. I was told at the time that the bulb would send up foliage in the spring that would die back by summer; then in the fall, the bulb would send up stalks that would bear some pink lily-like flowers. I planted these about two or three years ago. Each year I did get the foliage just as they had said that I would, but there was never a stalk to be seen in the fall . . .

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Red Lillies(Lensbaby)

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

Actually, we have quite a few.

Way back in July I was on a team that made the "Celebrity" (gotta love that) pick at the Monroe County Fair Flower Showw. We could choose among any of the entrants (except flower arrangements), and among them all (there seemed to be hundreds, but I don't know how many), interestingly, we all three had this charming lily stem in our top three. So it was a no-brainer. Turns out the entrant was a kid, which made me smile. . . .

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Posted by Jane M. Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-11, 23:17:02

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The statistic is that of all the Oriental lilies I have in my garden, including Orienpets, ninety-five percent of them have a mild to strong fragrance. I guess the one with the deepest scent is the L. auratum, followed perhaps by the Casa Blanca hybrid. The yellow trumpets are also quite powerful. Every year, however, I wait with great anticipation for the last to bloom, the L. speciosum rubrum , and every year I am disappointed. . .

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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-09, 23:16:43

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I found a secret treasure.

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There is and old saying, that those who don't know their history, are forever destined to repeat it... in our garden it seems every year, there are certain things that catch my attention, and either surprise or concern me until I finally remember that it happens that way every year. Currently, Lycoris squamigera, the autumn lilies (which when I was a child, my mother incorrectly called rain lilies, which are a different critter) are starting to bloom. Only a few stalks have pushed up through the dry soil, with their incongruously delicate bluish-pink flowers looking slightly out of place in the hot August sunshine, surrounded as they are by the hot colors of late summer. Each year I think the bulbs must be petering out when only these few stalks start blooming, then a couple more white stalks push up, followed by all the rest. I guess the plant just sends up a couple of scouts each year. 

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The late Oriental lilies are still blooming. 

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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-08-05, 12:16:33

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Maybe it has been the wave of heat that zapped my blog energy this week? I lost my prolific momentum of posting habit I had fallen into of late. Stale, dry, nothing. It happens. Blog block, I gues

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One of the last of the large, fragrant Oriental lilies to bloom in our garden is named 'Dizzy'... not a bad way to end the season. It's a bit shorter than most, and therefore sturdier, and holds its blooms smartly. I think I'll stroll back out for a sniff, as it's the last flower that will be perfuming the whole garden on warm summer evenings. 

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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-31, 16:48:47

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I have no idea why they call these lilies pictured here 'candy lilies'. The botanical name is Pardancanda x norrisii, so it is some kind of hybrid, but they come up from seed in my garden year after year. (Hybrids don't generally come true from seed. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-30, 23:22:40

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Lilies are very auspicious for everyone
They are emblems of purity and perfection

Casablanca
white the color of purity and innocence

Stargazer
pink represents joy happiness and romance

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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-30, 16:06:45

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One thing I definitely hope to add more of in my garden is oriental lillies. I think they're spectacular--the scent, the splashy color, the slightly ruffled edges to the petals. I like all of it. I started with just two Stargazer lillies planted earlier this year and the first buds on one of them has just opened. I think the buds got a little toasted in the recent heat wave, so they aren't perfect, but still ... wow!

And I'm not the only one who loves them. My cat Linus greeted me today with his white mustache dyed orange from the lilly's pollen. Apparently he finds the scent irresistable too.

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Posted by Claire Splan Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-28, 23:09:01

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A lily -- I'm pretty sure it's "Stargazer"-- which was hiding under the Purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus. A dwarf relative of it, Baked-apple berry or Cloud-berry, R. chamaemorus, only 12" tall, with a solitary white flower and therefore, a single amber-coloured berry, is found from New England northward into Canada. I have fond memories of getting the rare jar of Baked-apple berry jam once in a while, from my ex-mother-in-law, in Newfoundland. It also grows in Finland too. And I believe in Finland it's called lakkamarja. . . .

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Posted by Kati Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-28, 11:18:45

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This native flower seems to randomly pop up in woods and along roadsides in our area. It is different from the common lily in that petals do a back-bendy thing all coming together to look like a turk's cap.
The flower was in the full sun and I exposed for it making for the black background (courtesy of the shaded forest). Using a limited depth of field makes another flower further down the slope appear as a sun-like orb.

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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-27, 23:46:17

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This has been an odd year. At first, we all thought that the mild winter and spring would lead to premature maturation of everything. Then, the rains of early summer seemed to halt progress. Now, however, I must admit defeat, cut down my purple hosta blooms and snip off many a spent lily stalk as well. I’d be happy if I could stop time right at this moment. There are still a few unopened lily buds and many magnificent blooms. What appeals to me in flowers is quite like what appeals to me in wine and other aromatic drinks: intoxicating fragrance, best accompanied by cicada sounds and heat. . .

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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-26, 17:02:57

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This triple/quadruple orange daylily is one of my favorites! Unsure about the official name-my sister thinks it has some sort of "ice cream" name, and that Wayside Gardens may have sold it many years ago. I have yet to see it in a catalog anywhere!

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You leave for a week and the lilies have a party!

Girosa lilies are spectacular!

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Posted by Janet Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-25, 15:01:35

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After I took this photo I cleaned out the algae in the center. This seems to be a bumper year of algae growth. Hey, I just noticed when I enlarged this all the way there is a flower bud near the larger of the red leaves that are unfolding! The first of the season!

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Posted by Dianne Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-24, 15:06:15

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This Scadoxus was once known as Haemanthus

Once classified by taxonomists as Haemanthus katernae, the re-classified Scadoxus multiflorus subspecies Katherinae is more commonly known as the Blood Lily. The fact that taxonomists separated the two make sense when one considers that Haemanthus have more succulent leaves, and are more like 'true' bulbs, than Scadoxus, which is just 'somewhat' bulbous. Scadoxus have rizomes attached to the bulb plate and behave more 'geophyte-like' than 'true bulb-like'. I know, not making sense, but let's say that the Scadoxus don't produce the dry, papery-skinned dormant type of bulb which we think of as 'bulb', although they die to the ground, certainly these are all geophyes, it's just that whole onion-and-Leeks-are-both-bulbs-but-are-different-thing. . .

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Posted by Matt Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-24, 15:03:34

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These lilies have just just come into bloom in my front yard. Almost too much. Deep pink with a light edge, dark spots, orange stamen and heavy fragrance. I think maybe they are called "La Mancha".

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-24, 14:56:51

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The Orienpet parade continues, as one after another of these gentle giants of the lily world blooms in our garden; we've already had about three weeks of non-stop, delicious perfume greeting us as we open the garden gate, and now it's Aruba's turn, a lovely, quiet pink that almost melts into the shade along the back ravine. As you head down the trail, the aroma follows you like a soft cloud. 

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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-23, 23:24:52

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White Asiatic Lillies with Hydrangea serrata 'Preziosa', clematis viticella species

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Posted by Sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to lily on 2006-07-21, 11:02:50

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This time of year, the peak of summer in Iowa, I start to think that I only really need two kinds of plants in my garden: lilies and daylilies. They are both (especially the latter) very popular in this part of the country, and it's easy to see why: lots of reliable, colorful flowers and very little asked in return. I guess I'd throw in some phlox for variety, and hostas for foliage, and I've got my summertime garden, with plenty of time to drink a cold lemonade while wandering about admiring all the flowers. 

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