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| I love lillies, so a few years ago we dedicated a small area of the garden to lillies. Without having a clue as to what I was doing, I just ordered a bunch of different ones and planted them. They are doing beautifully now that I've fenced them in so that the bunnies can't eat them. At this point I can't possibly hope to identify all of them, but now I'm curious as to how I can differentiate between an oriental and an asiatic lily. Is there a simple rule of thumb to tell them apart? T.I.A.
Mike |
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- Posted by NancyBeth_NY5b (My Page) on Wed, Sep 21, 05 at 11:22
| Hi Mike. In general, the asiatics bloom earlier, usually June to mid-July, and have little or no fragrance. The orientals bloom mid-July to August and are usually extremely fragrant. My orientals send their fragrance all the way up and into the second story windows of my house. They're wonderful! |
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| Asiatics are also usually smooth-petaled, whereas Orientals have lumpy bumpy things on the petals, especially near the center of the flower. Also, while Asiatics *tend* to run to red-orange-yellow-white (yes, there are burgundy, rose and pink Asiatics, too) with upfacing vase-shaped flowers, the Orientals run to white, pink and red tones (a few exceptions for yellow, but no orange as far as I know) with reflexed (curved-back) petals. Yes, there are lots of Asiatics with downfacing flowers and recurved petals--for every rule there's an exception--but they generally come from more specialized growers. As NancyBeth mentioned above, the orientals are nearly universally fragrant, and the Asiatics are nearly all scentless. |
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- Posted by MadcityMike z5 Wi (My Page) on Wed, Sep 21, 05 at 14:01
| Thanks, that helps a lot! Mike |
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| The ones that are still thriving are Asiatics. The ones that have died are Orientals. ;^) |
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- Posted by FoxesEarth 8b GA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 8, 05 at 16:56
| When they come up in the spring, you can identify them by the emerging foliage. An asiatic comes up looking like this:
A trumpet lily looks like 'Cousin It' on the Addams Family when it first emerges:
Orientals come out of the ground like little torpedos; note the one at lower left just emerging. Then the foliage, longer leaves than an asiatic. begin to grow horizontally.
Nell |
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