Lilies are doing well this summer. I have several different varieties in full bloom.
For several years the Prunottos (Lilium ‘Prunotto’) have performed well and seem to be very suitable for this area.
I like the bright color they have and they also seem to be very easy when it comes to the soil requirements.
Bought one yellow for the Easter to start the season early.
Still few more months to go before the lilies (Lilium) start to bloom up here in the north.
When it has bloomed I will take it to the summer cottage and replant it. Not quite sure though that this variety can take the winter weather but will soon find out.
I bought few of them last year and planted. Few weeks from now I should see if they made it through the winter.
The Red Flavours (Lilium lancifolium ‘Red Flavour‘) are blooming beautifully.
The dryness has made the red in them even darker this year.
They are very hardy and do not mind the cold winters or dry summers.
I was a bit disappointed in the spring because there were not that many lily bulbs for sale.
Then I found a way around the problem and started to buy ready planted pots from the stores.
I let them bloom in the balcony first and then take the pots to the summer cottage for planting. Hopefully I will have them blooming for many years.
The late lilies are starting to bloom.
The Red Flavour has done well up here in the north and bloomed faithfully over the years.
This year I am experimenting a new color and hopefully it will do as well as the red.
It has taken years but now I have lilies in each and every flowerbed that can survive the harsh coldness.
Cavoli started to bloom and seems to have long lasting blooms which always makes me happy.
I usually do not have lilies with short stems but this year I made an exception. Bought three varieties to the front of one of the flowerbeds.
Let’s see how these cope with the winter and low temperatures.
I planted one of the Mount Cook bulbs to my balcony and it sure has large blooms.
What surprised me is that it also has strong scent. Strongest I have ever faced. I can smell it when sitting in my living room.
Such an outstanding Lily. Happy to have it.
Sometimes it is just fun to enjoy nature’s own creations. Waterlilies are blooming beautifully and all you need to do is to enjoy the show.
Nothing you need to do. No planting or watering just an easy part of the garden that takes care of itself.
Waterlilies are a natural part of the nature here like in so many other places.
I do not know what it is with the lilies. It seems that I managed to buy many new varieties in the spring without even realizing what I was doing.
I guess it is that they last several years and are easy to maintain. They come in so many different forms and colors. You simply never going to have enough of them.
Casa Blanca was the one who made the largest blooms this summer. It sure is a successful cross between speciosum lily of China and auratum lily of Japan.
Now have them in my balcony but going to take them to the summer cottage before the first frost.
PS. Bought the bulbs from Amsterdam Tulip Museum and regret that I only bought two. Should have taken a larger amount.
As long as I can remember my grandmother has always had tiger lilies. Orange ones under the window. Those lilies must have been there more than 60 years. In the same spot and blooming each year.
She is now long gone but still some of the lilies grow each year reminding me of her and all the summers I spent in the farm as a child.
So many good memories. So many happy summers.
When I saw a red variant of the lily, Red Flavour, I simply had to have it. Just to continue the tradition but also to add a flavour of my own to it.
Now the red ones are blooming for the first time. Hope that they bring joy to someone when I am long gone.
PS. Bought the Red Flavours from http://www.viherpeukalot.fi.
Gardening in the North 