So this starts as a child.............in my way day.............many many years ago my Dad planted orange tiger lilies in our back garden. They bloomed and multiplied and never seemed to ever die.......for years and years they were they and every year more and more it seemed. US kids as children and there was 3 of us girls and 2 boys...... All us girls said we will never plant the orange tiger lily........it is very invasive is what we thought and now it would be called Propagation right.....
now years have gone by and the tiger lilies are still growing in my parents old house ....and my Dad has long passed away 15 years ago......
now move ahead 15 years and it starts to get funny..... My sister rented a house and it is full of tiger lilies that are orange. she tried everything to get rid of them all and nothing seemed to work......... My other sister just bought another house and it has orange tiger lilies as well growing in her back bushes along the edge. we all had a good laugh over this and especially me............ NO tiger lilies at my house and I planted a lot of bulbs........making sure I did not see the name Tiger Lily.....
well last night well browsing through McRae's book I decided to check on the species lilies that I have bought and read up on them a bit more. 3 of them are Henryi and more commonly called as it says. THE ORANGE TIGER LILY......
so this is my Dad watching out for all us so we all have some memory of him I am sure. My orange tigers are in the middle of a huge bed..........
this lily they said in the book is very very important and also very unique in that it will cross between all kinds of lilies. so an important lily in history I guess..
thought you could all use a good laugh.......and wish me luck with the Henryi........
or should say Orange Tiger Liies........
I guess you need to read up on every single Bulb that you buy very closely and in a variety of places.........
Likely a very common lily planted by people on this site........
