One of Oysteins Tango seedlings

Seed vortex 1-this vortex is fully sealed, [but the Robins and Fan tans and silver-eyes can still get in for a scratch]The ''special stuff'' goes into here..Martagons and rare crosses

No dubt that you'll have many great lilies this year.
The first year we traded lily seeds you send me some seeds from Orienpets[Medusa/Anaconda/Black Dragon varied crosses or was it BLACK DRAGON x MEDUSA. So far one of them have bloomed for me, it was pure white, like Black Dragon. But there might be some more bulbs that still have not bloomed yet.

Was it a trumpet or an OT,.,.These have taken so long , I was sure they were OT's...I have so many of your 'GOODIES' yet to bloom and my excitement is high,.,.even my neighbors are excited..[They know that Anthony is about to embark on his summer pilgrimage].,.Your brilliant seed crosses you sent me were sewn today and I can tell you, I will have many of your seedling crosses on display this year,..,Woo Hoo,.,Im getting too excited

Good trumpet stems, [no they havnt been poisoned, 'I had the flash on'],.These are Oysteins as well!!

Nice tour Anthony! Really great work in progress--very, very interesting and enjoyable!

Is Vortex 1 like your sanctum sanctorum?

You could say that Its just that a lot are rare species from 'Nuts n Cones' and rare Greisbach crosses,Mcrae,Halinar, and at least I know they are safe

The 'pink giants are fairly close to bloom

"Original Love" asiatic, budded up

...and I can still manage to squeeze past the plants in my 'ol pickup'

Also ,usually no more than 6ft away, keeping a watchful eye on me, my old cat 'Sooty'.,.he's good with the garden [and only treads lightly on new shoots ]

With apologies from a probable stranger for nervously pouncing your thread, perhaps this is a good place to say a first hello. I'm also in Tasmania, in midst of rising lily stem fever, hoping to see buds clear foliage soon... but found this forum only a few weeks ago. Thanks for sharing your pics - they remind me just how many lilies can be fitted into a small garden space when determination is high. I'm inspired to redouble my own efforts now and reclaim more concrete from the monkey-kids for little spear babies instead.

When you mention lily show, do you mean the event at Claremont (if it's still out there... it's been years since I went), or one of the northwest events (Burnie or Devonport)? The prospect of seeing lilies again is intoxicating.

Oh, my goodness! How wonderfull. Now we have two from the Hobart area. I look foward to many good conversations and be sure to share your pictures with us!

Welcome, dellac!

and . I wouldn't call that pouncing at all, although I think we have all pounced at some time or another. Pleased to meet you, and stop in anytime!

Howdy there, dellac . Glad you joined us!

Thankyou all

I'll watch, listen and share as possible. Though I don't have nearly the numbers or range of liliums that gwhizz seems to here. The x dalhansonii is especially splendid; whorled foliage just gorgeous.

Hello Della, I m the president of The Claremont Show Group.,...so glad you have joined in -Anthony

oh, goodo. I've never benched anything at Claremont - being a bit of a hermit and missing the local info. I was raised in the northwest lilium society, and periodically made pilgrimages back there to shows. Aside from knowing some of the local names and being an intermittent Glenbrook (surely there are fewer reputations or personalities or contributions to garden treasures larger than Rod Barwick?) and Harvey customer, I've 'lilied' here in relative isolation.

But Rod Barwick is famous for flowering gloriosoides (as well as the Claremont show and 'Trumpeter') ... are you related?

(Egads... hope I have not created offence in any of my ignorance >>)

This year I think I'll make an effort to see Claremont. If I have any stems left (most my lilies are early, I seldom have anything in January), maybe I'll even participate. If you need a rusty but qualified extra judge, or are happy to have someone potter about observing, helping and learning from your show processes, I'm around What is the local participation like?