Daylilies

Adah Marie	Dark Ruby	GHW Peach	Magic Dawn	Plum Perfect
Alexandra	David Kirchhoff	GHW Cream	Mary Todd	Potentate
Another Red	Deb’s Double Orange	GHW Rose	Midnight Magic	Purple Waters
Not Another Red	Destined To See	Gordon Biggs	Mini-Grape	Red Magic
Apricot Mini		Green Flutter	Mini-Orange	Rocket City
Bama Music	El Desperado	Hall’s Pink	Mini-Yellow	Shady Lady
Big Smile	Fairy Tale Pink	Happy Returns	Moonlit Masquerade	Siloam Ury Winniford
Bi-Tone Pink	Fan Club	Ice Carnival	Nefertiti	Skye Dance
Black-Eyed Susan	Frans Hal	Joan Senior (no photo)	New Red	Startle (no photo)
Brick Red	GHW Pale Orange	Jolyene Nichole	Old Orange	Stella-de-Oro
Bright Sunset	GHW Pink	Judith	Old Peach	Strawberry Candy
Canadian Border Patrol	GHW Pink/Yellow	Lady Fingers (no photo)	Pardon Me	Strawberry Sherbert
Caprician Fiesta	GHW Red	Lake Norman Sunset		Texas Sunlight
				Trahlyta
Chicago Petticoats	GHW Red/Yellow	Longfield’s Twin	Peach and Maroon	Tropical Joy

Lilium
Several lilies grow from bulbs and are terrific in pots as well as majestic as the focal point of a formal border. They grow on a tall single stem with leaves that may be grasslike or a little wider and more swordlike. The Madonna lily (lilium candidum) makes a wonderful gift plant and can be found in the stores in the spring. It is quite popular as a mother’s day gift and is beautiful for weddings. The Easter lily (L. longiflorum) is very similar. Once the flower is spent, plant them in your garden. They seldom bloom at the right time for these occasions in the garden, but are beautiful year after year with very little care.
Oriental lilies are the result of crossing speciosum lilies from Korea and auratum lilies from Japan. Big, bold, and beautiful they make a huge splash in the garden. Nothing is finer than sitting on the deck on a warm summer afternoon and catching a drift of their sweet scent. They normally grow shorter than the Madonna or Easter lily. Here is a sampling of the lilies I grow. Click a link to see that flower or click the first link to take the alphabetical tour.

Lilium

Artic Ice	Coral Reef	Freedom’s Glow	Moon Temple	Starfighter
Aubade	Coral Sunset	Golden Stargazer	Muscadet	Star Gazer
Baja	Crème Brulee	Golden Sunburst	Opening Night	Sterling Star
Barcelona	Crimson Elegance No Photo	Grand Cru	Pollyanna	Tom Pouce
Big Smile No Photo	Dancing Eyes	Hot Lips	Purple Reign	Trinidad
Black Beauty		l. Regal
Boogie Woogie	Dolly Madison	Lollypop	Purple Sensation	Yellow Blaze
Buena Vista	Dress Rehersal	Loreto	Red Dutch	Yellow Oriental
Casa Blanca	Electric Orange	Lovely Girl	Royal Respect
Centerfold
Citronella	Emerald Trumpet	Marquee	Savannah
Commander in Chief	Fantasy	Midnight
Connecticut Memory	First Lady	Monte Negro

Crinum, Amaryllis and Other Specialty lilies
One of the first lilies I remember from my childhood grew in my aunt’s yard. It took me many years to learn the name of the Crinum lily. To me it was always Daught’s pink and white lily. It is a member of the Amaryllis family. The flower stalks grow from the center of straplike leaves and it may produce several of these stalks with a cluster of blooms on each. In the south, they can be planted outside. Plant the bulb with the neck above the soil level. It’s leaves will die back in the winter. With the return of spring, it again puts out new leaves and will bloom happily into summer. Give these lilies plenty of room. They will multiply rapidly and the bulbs can become quite large.

The Amaryllis is also commonly know as the Christmas lily because it is grown as a forced bulb so often around Christmas time. This lily grows so rapidly that you can almost see it grow. I love to buy a bulb in October and try to make it bloom on Christmas day. I’ve only been successful once. After it blooms, I plant the bulb outside. Some Amaryllis produce a flower stalk first before it has leaves.

Amaryllis come in many shades of red and white. The white ones are usually more fragrant.

Novelty Lilies

Clivia	White Crinum	Yellow Water Lily
Ellen Bosenquet	Peruvian Daffodil	Amaryllis
Pink Crinum	Torch Lily	Lycorice
Pink Striped Crinum	Pink water Lily

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