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White Lily ID, please
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Posted by dancingdachshunds 8/9 SC (My Page) on Thu, Jul 29, 04 at 21:28
| Can anyone tell me the name of the white lily that would be blooming now...late July...in Lowcountry SC (Hwy 17 in Walterboro)? At 60 MPH, it appears to be a single stalk, 2-3 feet tall, growing under a shade tree, one flower atop each stalk (that last observation is the iffiest). It's stunning and I WANT IT! Thanks for ideas! |
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RE: White Lily ID, please
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| I saw some Peruvian Daffodils,(I think they are Hymenocallis narcissiflora), up that way last Friday. There were also lots of milk & wine crinums blooming in yards along 17. |
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| The crinums are all so beautiful about this time of year! I love them~ |
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| Nope! Neither Crinium nor Peruvian Daffodil...it appears exactly as an Oriental Lily, but I didn't think they grew around here or this late. And a correction... I saw them in Jacksonboro. Thanks for the suggestions, tho. Maybe they are just Oriental Lilies? |
RE: White Lily ID, please
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How about the old passalong Formosa or Philippine lilies? They are blooming now but are usually about 5' tall. Also, the Oriental Casablanca does well here.
Now I am curious (nosy), I'll have to find a reason to head up to the big city so I can look at flowers along the way. |
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| I think you got it, Datawgal! It does look exactly like the pics of the Formosa lily. Does anyone know where I could find them to buy? Thanks |
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| One of the ladies from the garden club was remarking that those lilies reseeded "all over the place" I could not see anything wrong with that so am anxiously awaiting the seed. Does anybody know if they grow that tall from seed? |
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| They sure do and often bloom the first year. |
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| I planted two formosa lilys purchased from Park Seed in May at the back of a border expecting them to bloom at 4-6'. Hmmm....they are in bud but not exactly towering over the border at an amazing height of 1 foot! Is this just a first year issue? I've watered and fed and they get a few hours of sun every day. Maybe the roadside ones are suffering the same syndrome whatever it is! |
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Come to think of it, I too had one Formosa that bloomed at about 1'. It later sent up more stems to 4'. I believe these plants do get taller as they mature; mine are only two years old.
Their seed pods are almost as interesting as the flowers and they are wonderful in dried arrangements.
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