Taking Care of Your Own Easter Lily

The Easter lily is also known as Lilium longiflorum has originated in the southern islands of Japan. In the 1880s the beautiful flowers plant was shipped to the United States through Bermuda. During the First World War soldier named Louis Houghton hybrid lilly bulbs brought to Oregon and gave them out to friends and neighbors. Once imports of flour from Japan was stopped during the Second World War, many U.S. citizens began their hobby plants to sell to the public, given the sudden rise in prices. This began the increased availability in the lily in the United States and its popular use began.

The Easter lily is not only popular with the celebration of Easter. In fact it is a great flower for weddings, birthdays, get well and to say to say I love you. This flower is an amazing creature she has made the test of time and several wars.

Beautiful Bouquets That Say 'I Love You' Without Roses

Why give your loved one roses when there are so many beautiful alternatives that will show her that you, not only, care but that you have put some thought into her gift and gone beyond the expected.

The Lily, or as it is correctly known the Lilium Longiflorum, originally comes from the Japanese southern islands, although early variations of this flower were seen in Creete. As legend goes, Zues dedicated the lily to his beloved wife, the goddess, Hera. As the story goes lilies were born from a few drops of Hera's breast milk that fell to earth and from these drops the very first lilies sprung up! Why not dedicate a lily to your very own goddess.

Lilies - Flower of the Gods

Lilies bloom in the summer, and have a great scent, which is used to bees, butterflies and other pollinators to attract. They are very popular all over the world are discussed in the literature and painted by famous painters. Even today, a bouquet of lilies very well received by the flowers' beauty.

Lilies were first mentioned on a tablet from Sumeria about 5,000 years ago, where they were described to surround a city. However, the Madonna lily, for example, was treated with great respect by the Minoans, who in connection with the goddess Brito Martis. Of far greater importance was to the Greeks, because they are associated with Hera, the queen of the gods. Moreover, their mythology tells that the lily first appeared on earth after Hera's breast the colored sky, creating the Milky Way, and a few drops of it fell to the ground. Those drops, the legend, the first lilies.

Lily Flowers - How Florists Choose and Care For Fresh Cut Lilies

The quality of lilies begins with the bulb

Like other bulb flowers, lilies have long been considered a specialty of Dutch and California growers. More recently, growers in Costa Rica and Colombia have begun to produce lilies of good quality-not quite as good as the premium lilies from Holland and California, but better than in the past and relatively inexpensive. The result is a tiered market in which, more and more, some lilies are bought and sold as commodities-identified by color and selected by price-while others are identified by variety name and purchased with a greater concern for the relationship of price to quality. For retail florists, some "commodity" lilies might be a good buy, depending on the use to which they will be put.

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Maroon lilium flower

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Beautiful lilium flower garden 

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Red and white lilium flower

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Black and white mix lilium flower

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Beautiful lilium flower

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Brown lilium flower

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White lilium flower

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Pink lilium flower

Lilium (Asian Group) - 'Red Sensation'

This flower really does justice to its name. This is not a newcomer as the lilies have been on the market since the year 2005, but the 'Red Sensation" is a new type of lily. Positive is the fact that the availability of this lily will increase significantly.

The petals of this lily show its exact nature: a Christmas lily that warms the hearts. This lily is already striking when the buds are still closed. While when they open, this Asiatic lily shows all his beauty with its deep red colour, almost fluorescent 'stars', with a diameter of 15cm. Furthermore the "Red Sensation" easily exceed the Christmas period, as the duration is of 10-14 days, provided that the stems are cut when they are mature enough and have been exposed to enough light.