Tracey, those are wonderful I love the upfacing ones and Summer Palace looks Lilac.Is it?

'Summer Palace' is a light lavender or lilac color.

Here's what the Lily Garden has to say:
‘Summer Palace’ () is our own strain of lovely, long flowered and tremendously fragrant pink trumpets! The colors vary in intensity but are always truly pink. Cool weather and dappled shade deepen the color.
4 feet and taller, July.

I bought some through the PNWLS and then when they bloomed last year, I bought more. They are delicious trumpets....a Must have for every garden

I dont see how I am going to survive here if I fall in love with everyones lilies.

I think your American one is American Spirit.

Started a new thread for July.

http://cubits.org/liliesforum/...

I like the clear color on Summer Place. And the colors, and especially the flower form, on Choraliers Strain.

tracey said:I like that type of dotting/ slash pattern [on Zeus} a lot. It kind of raises right out of the flower.

Yes, the dots are raised on the petals. The petals are thick already, and this adds even more to it.

Is there a special word for that wavy petal trumpets can have? The Sims trumpet seedlings have it, but not all trumpets do. I love it and it's my favorite trumpet attribute, besides the fragrance.

If it's a regular pattern, I might call it undulate. Of course, that would just be me...

Obviously not a lily, but I would call this finely undulate:
(a terrible scan, but you get the picture (giggle))

I've seen some lilies described as ruffled. Some orientals are like that, for example, Nippon.

The pardalinum family...

A closeup of the inflorescence showing the pedicels coming from the whorled leaf axils.

Rococo, from darling Steve.

A Buggy Mix oriental.

'Rococo' sure is a winner Donna!

'Queen Fantasia'

Fantastic collections, everyone!

Woops Susan we just kept on talking. Susan made us a new thread for July lilies. Here 'tis again.

http://cubits.org/liliesforum/...