Grower Challenge - 12 Lilies to Test Your Abilities

Difficult or temperamental lilies. Undoubtedly he will be useful to some of the specific quirks of some of our more difficult or temperament to discuss ...

Lilium auratum is actually a very simple lily to grow and flourish, but it is quite difficult to keep. This is largely be-cause of its liability to mosaic infection. It must therefore be protected by relative isolation and with regular spraying.

In my experience a planting depth of 8 to 12 inches is best, but if the ground is wet or very heavy more shallow planting is safer, in general the bulbs tend to their own level to locate and pull themselves up further down as they need greater depth. This is the lily, more than any other, preferably rodents, moles, squirrels, woodchucks, everyone will be behind them, and if your garden is rich in one of these it is good to protect the bulbs. With these precautions, it is an easy to grow and beautiful lily.
Lilium duchartrei comes from the Tibetan border, and the problem is purely one of the proper lo-cation. It's a good start-July flowering lily with long slender stems that levels returned delicate white flowers mottled with purple bear. It seems like a fairly dry state but also one that humic acid and well equipped. In its natural habitat it grows mostly in full sun, but here seems to prefer light shade.

Lilium formoterol Sanum as auratum is very easy to propagate and adapt to a wide range of garden conditions. However, it is more subject to mosaic infection than almost any other lily and is often influenced by basal rot. The precautions regarding these two diseases should be followed. Fortunately, most bulbs cheap and so is this lily can be treated as a biennial or triennial.

Lilium giganteum comes from the Indian jungle and the problem here is one of the area. It does not like the eastern and midwestern hot dry summers, but is very happy on the Pacific Coast. It must be very heavy shade, but it loves sun and rich, black mud or clay humus which is spacious added, but also loves water and more water. Strangely tolerant of lime, and is hardy apparently.it though a mulch is recommended if you can not rely on a blanket of snow. Young lamps are easy to determine than adult ones and is to be planted with their tips at the surface of the soil.

Lilium japonicum is the prettiest of pink lilies and one of the most beautiful plants in existence, but it is very erratic in this country. Lamps not travel well and should be examined on arrival. It is highly mosaic and should more or less isolated and injected with nicotine. Basal rot is a problem, but not a great one. I think it's more to adapt to environmental variations than generally assumed. Its natural home is in light shade along the borders of the streams, and it is recommended to this rather wet location as possible to simulate. But it seems to do very well in fairly dry soil and looks like a location that bilberries fits. It certainly prefers an acidic soil.

Lilium belloggi of our own Pacific Coast and although moderately difficult, not as capricious as some others from that region. It blooms around the beginning of July and the delicate pink flowers returned, with their beautiful mottled burgundy and yellow stripe in the middle of each petal, are incredibly beautiful. It is probably very susceptible to mosaic and it is good to run no risk at this point. He loves cool moist soil with plenty of humus, preferably forest land. The ground he must shade but the stems he would in the full sun. Dwarf azaleas or rhododendrons should be suitable companion plants.

Lilium Lilium martagon album martagon and European lilies. The type is a soft pink lilac, while the albino form is one of the fine beauty of lilies. They are highly resistant to mosaic, so this is no problem, but both are subject to basal rot infection. Disinfect the bulbs for planting and not planting lilies where they previously rotten. They seem a rather heavy loam that is well equipped and limed humus preference. Drainage is both necessary and manure is to be avoided.

Lilium nepal duty from the Himalayas and so little known here that it is difficult to specific requirements. It should be perfectly hardy, more so than in England, where it is widely grown in the open air. The main difficulty seems due to the wandering tribe, who often travels far underground that the mother bulb is reached for the handle finally comes. Gravel placed directly under the lamp and a collar of zinc around it will help. If the bulbs are planted close to the surface and the soil filled in around them as they begin to occur, this usually roam-tion may be more or less controlled. This may seem a large part of the effort, but nepal ense is a very rare lily and a real beauty that many gardeners are eager to grow.

Lilium philadelphicum the eastern forests and lily is quite widespread, but it is not easy in cultivation. It prefers a dry, almost dry, highly acidic soil and is better for some shade, but it is often seen growing in full and brilliant sunshine in the axle of a railway embankment. It is subject to mosaic infection and to be retained are given relative isolation.

Lilium testaceum is a famous beauty and a lily, and there never have been enough light for those who want them. The difficulty is due to its liability to basal rot. New lamps must be carefully considered and should be disinfected before they are planted. Avoid places where other bulbs have rotted manure and no use for at least several years after planting, then it can be tried as a full rotten, but it's just as well occur. It is advisable to sterilize the soil in which testaceum 13 to grow as a question of the existence of basal rot spores in the soil. This lily, large bulbs are preferable to small ones.