are these wallflowers?

husband brought these home today and was hoping someone could tell me what they are.

 

Look like Day Lillies Elaine, but Hornbeam will know.

 

They are a lily, but I dont think they are actually a Day Lily, they come in many colours, it will be exciting to see what colour you have. You can cut them for indoors, but look so much nicer in the garden.

 

thankyou ever so much.ive planted them in a big pot. do you yhink theyll be ok or should they be in the ground?ive had a google but all i can seem to find is cut flowers for sale.the tip of each leaf is burgandy as is the very centre where the buds are.

 

I have often seen them in pots. This is the third year mine have been in the ground and they have made nicely, I even transplanted some and though they have come up a bit slower than the older ones, the leaves are lovely and green and just as healthy.

 

thanks again.sometimes i get bedding plants with the roots covered in snails from him and sometimes he comes up trumps and brings me lillies!either way its always a lovely surprise.in case your a bit confused my husbands a block paver.

 

Lilies must have good drainage as they will rot if they sit in the wet. My garden gets waterlogged and no amount of drainage gravel beneath the bulbs has helped. They always rot. So I grow them in a tall "Ali Baba" type pot, the bottom third of wihich is broken bricks and gravel. The rest is good potting compost and I throw in a handfull of pelleted chicken manure every spring. They have been in the pot for 4 or 5 years and seem very happy. They increase every year and are now in full bud. This is how they looked last summer.

 

they are so beautiful Hornbeam and thanks for the info.oh shucks,looks like ill have to invest in a new pot.im so happy. :D

 

Hornbeam, they are brilliant. What compost are you using for such a long term stay?

I am told that over a long period ordinary compost breaks down and won't drain properly.

 

Hi Elainefiz - just a quick PS. No they are not day lilies and if you get a pot make sure that it has a good sized drainage hole in the bottom. A closed bottom will be fatal. :(

I can't remember what compost it was when first planted, PeterS. Probably just a general purpose bag from the supermarket. The essential thing is the sharp drainage. At the end of the season when the leaves and stalks are dead, I pull them out and notice that the soil level has dropped quite a lot. Some eaten by the lilies and some washed out through the drainage holes of the pot. So I top it up and add pelleted chicken manure in the spring. The risk of anything staying in pots for a long time is an attack by vine weevil grubs and chafers etc. So far so good (fingers crossed)

 

My Stargazer is budding up now. I planted the bulbs in mix of JI2 and peat and sat the bulbs on sand, they flower well every year but keep an eye out for lily beetle. :(

 

All my lilies are in pots, the only trouble I get is squirrels rummaging about in the pots and eating them, have to keep them covered in winter with net. Found only 3 lily beetles so far this year.
I have to repot occasionally as they do increase and the pots become crammed full-not that lilies seem to mind.
In my garden in Cambs. there were white early flowering ones which grew like weeds, maybe madonna- perfumed too. I'm not so keen on ones that don't smell.