jmorth said:My last to bloom will be Lilium speciosum var. album (the white speciosum)

That is what I was guessing! I was noticing it as I was looking for what lilies to add. I think I want that one too, that will keep

my bed in bloom even longer!

I have still many lilies blooming and a few have not started yet.


4n White Henryi type, from seeds from Griesbach


Henryi hybrid, seeds from Jurgen Koch


NALS-06-16-314, bulb from Brian Bergman, possibly a OT.


LF-1 x OP, 4n aurelian bulb from Brian Bergman


The only upright trumpet I have, seeds from Anthony


T-8-7, bulb from Brian Bergman OT ( Roy's Select x OT pollen).


T-8-6, bulb from Brian Bergman OT


This is a extra lily from Brian that have come up and have one singel flower. Not sure it's name or if it's a OT.


OT seedling from either Robert Griesbach seeds or John Lykkegaard seeds.


A group of L. rosthornii-seedlings blooming now, seeds from John Lykkegaard.


A nice aurelian seedling

I love that last one. I have several Griesbach lilies. Haven't ever planted seeds though. Just ordered bulbs.

So many beauties! I could comment on every one.....

An upright trumpet seems so odd, just like an upfacing recurved lily. They just don't seem "right" to me. But, they are interesting.

Øystein, it looks like the seed you received from John Lykkegaard is a mix of rosthornii/aurelian variations. To my eyes, only the one in the foreground has species characteristics. And even that one seems to be more L. henryi than L. rosthornii.

Thank you.

The group of aurelians are ( L. rosthornii x Buttercurls) x OP.

Beautiful pictures -everyone!

Love the first and last one best. It wasn't until the last one that I realised some of the intriguing flecking on the blooms in the other pics was due to little insects!

This was suppose to be Black Beauty...Not!!!

Playtime

My soil is too alkaline,and maybe too much sun? Must fix

Too much sun in Traverse City?? I would think you guys had cold weather and clouds up there. Love Playtime. Had it last two years ago and lost it and couldn't find it to reorder.

Sowing seeds can certainly give you a lot more options than the catalogs can. It's refreshing to see all of these lily seedlings. So much variety in there in flower colors ,shapes and forms and all shown in the garden. These are garden lilies! Lovely!

Tracey, you just reminded me of something I forgot to post. About those Moon series Trumpets and the mix up--I found out the identity of this one. It's called Passion Moon and grown by the 'New' old Peter Groot company, 'The Lily Company'.





In the end, I had 2 Tropical Moons show up as well, so the end result is I now have 5 different Moon Series cultivars.

Here's 'Expression' Lilies

Yellow seedling--red color stem and leaves--photo August 1st









In this last picture, note the leaves turning a darker red. As Fall progresses, all the leaves and stem will turn a very dark red. Kind of pretty, actually.

Splendid!

I found this interesting character growing within a group of 'Sinfonia' which has been down for several years. The actual plant resembles Sinfonia in all respects but it blooms about 7 to 10 days later, the flowers are more trumpet shaped and noticeably larger than Sinfonia, the throat is lighter orange and it has dark pollen whereas Sinfonia's is tan colored. Photo July 30th





In this next photo you can see a Sinfonia flower in the background for comparison.

A couple other seedlings (Serena Green X George C. Creelman) Late blooming. I'm trying to figure out if these are so ugly, I see them as 'cute' or what. Anyway, I used some of this pollen on Whiskey Creek. Sometimes you have to get the ugly, before you get the pretty. We'll see what happens.

Plant A








Plant B

You will find that the upright trumpet, is a seedling from Joseph Halinar[ lilium breeding pioneer]..You wont see too much of it in the future

White Henryi blooming now. No, those aren't raindrops on the petals! (first picture)

Nice pics

My 1st liliums are poking their noses from the soil- Happy days ahead