Sometimes when I look out at all the lilies out here and there are lots of them makes me think back to where it all began.....
Many years ago likely 35-40 years ago My son always bought me flowers for Mother's Day.... he never let me pick them out they were to be his choice... He might have been 5 years old at the time and lone behold there is a plant in there that looked like a pineapple plant....... no tag no nothing so planted it and waited...... No pineapple did emerge..lol but this little Asiatic Lily did..........it was a deep red color and from there I was hooked... Planted quite a few lilies there.....and then I had to move to an apartment in another town for a bit before I moved into my HOUSE now..... had to leave my other lilies behind so my son gave me some new bulbs to start in this new place....
and then what happened is that my other son and his wife bought me........ McRae's book on Growing Lilies and species wow oh my and all these new varieties and pics to go with it.......that did it...........and now I have a lot of lilies of all types but for some reason my favourite of all times was the Stargazer but what I have read I a might not have the actually Stargazer from Leslie Woodruff but something close. Might buy some from the Lily Nook this fall and plant them and compare the ones my other son bought me from Breck''s way back instead..
I learned to shop from a breeder to get the best selection and healthy bulbs
and then I found this form and tons of great info
yes Lilies forever is my motto now........
