Prunotto (Lilium ‘Prunotto’) is the variety that has done best up here in the north for the past few years.
It is blooming beautifully and just love the bright red color it has.
The Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) has given me headaches during the past few years. Luckily I do not yet have it in the summer cottage but it has managed to destroy half of the lilies in my mom’s garden
A beautiful beetle but so hard to get rid of and very harmful for the lilies.
Navona (Lilium ‘Navona’) has been a reliable bloomer over the years. It has beautiful large white blooms.
For some reason it has not been a good year for it. I have only few left in the garden and a bit afraid that I am going to loose this variety.
Hopefully it will do better next summer.
I am getting more and more fond of Common Garden Verbenas (Verbena hortensis). They have so many colors available in the stores nowadays.
The flower is extremely drought tolerant and therefore very suitable for the summer cottage since I am not always there to water.
I planted this individual to the driest and sunniest spot and it still made it blooming beautifully.
Most of the lilies (Lilium) are at their best at the moment up here in the north. Love the bright colors they bring to the flowerbeds.
Have bought so many varieties that not quite sure which one is which anymore. The main thing though is that they bloom nicely year after year.
For some reason all the lilies grew quite short this summer. Do not know why but the difference to the previous year is considerable.
This year I am not able to spend much time in the summer cottage and therefore needed to select varieties that tolerate neglecting.
California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica ‘Aurantiaca Orange’) are easy to grow and do not need much watering. They are ideal flowers for those who cannot be in the garden all the time.
I planted the seeds by the lake to the full sun and the poppies are doing well. They just started to bloom and survived the two week long heatwave without a blink. Just love the vivid color they have.
Another good year for the Origami Red and White (Aquilegia caerulea ‘Origami Red and White’).
For some reason the variety seems to like to grow up here in the north.
This year the blooming season for the columbines will be short. After a long period of cool weather a two week heatwave hit us and made the flowers to bloom quickly.
Gardening in the North 