Thank you Lorn! Wow, you did some research on my area. I'm impressed. We moved up here from zone 10a south, south Fl. where I never saw a lily (a proper lily, not counting daylilys which I grew there) grow. It was just too hot year round for lilies. I've always loved them though & was excited being up here where I can have some. We bought this house in March & are still sort of getting settled in & there hasn't been much time to make changes to the landscape/gardens yet & certainly not before it got just TOO hot to deal with. Yes, we have sand here but there are also pockets of grey, sticky clay which, in the course of planting daylilys, I found darn near impossible to dig the smallest hole in.
I do believe we get enough winter chill for Asiatics to grow well here.
The biggest problem at this point is that "the garden" & anywhere remotely near the house gets blistering sun all day long. That is why I had thought to pot them up until winter is over & hopefully by then I can provide some shade to the garden area in the way of planted trees. In pots, I can move them to the carport or under shade of the roofed over patio.
Thank you so much for the info. on LA & OT lilies!!!!
I have meant to get on this forum & learn about lilies but thus far time has not permitted. I have been learning about pecan orchards instead as the property we bought has 80 pecan trees & harvesting time will be upon us come Oct. Thus far, all I knew about lilies was that they like sun & require very little water which is right up my alley as we had a xeriscape yard down south. Oh! And that hummingbirds like to sip from them.
As far as lilies being habit forming --- suits me just fine as I'm already addicted to dl's so may as well add lilies to my addiction list.
I wonder how long the bloom season for lilies is down here?
Again Lorn, thanks for you input!
