Hello, everyone!
I'm relatively new to growing lilies. I have a few clumps of Asiatic lilies and a few Stargazer lilies, and some tiny "baby" lilies from a yellow asiatic and Triumphator cross I did out of curiousity. (My "baby" lilies did bloom a few years back, but have been mowed down by lily beetles multiple times since.)
Lilium nepalense has caught my eye. Its green and purple blooms are very striking--but I have heard that it is difficult to grow successfully in the average garden. The Oriental-nepalense hybrid is supposedly basically Lilium nepalense, but a lot easier to grow.
My main concern is how cold hardy and drought/wet tolerant Kushi Maya and Lilium nepalense are. My garden is located in a zone 6/5 location (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada), but the winters have been either unreliably mild or unreliably cold. Would anyone with experience growing either of these be able to share some of your experience?
