nearly flowering Lily!!

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  1. windy miller

    windy miller Gardener

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    Yay!! After a week of anticipation and constant monitoring my Lily buds are finally starting to open!!
    Yay! :D Ya ta tataaaaa!! Do a little dance!
    My 1st ever Lily flowers!!!
    They don't seem to have opened very much since this morning though. How long should it take?
     
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    One is open!!! Yippee!! Looks gorgeous but no sign of the promised fragrance :(
     
  3. Liz

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    Sadly some varieties don't smell- I find there is either lots of scent or none at all. To get scented ones you will have to check the variety when you buy. I have some that don't smell, but the flowers compensate. Hope you enjoy yours!
     
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    the label said fragrant :( It's an Asiatic Lily - Muscadet, but it doesn't seem to have any smell. Suppose that's what you get for buying plants from B&Q!!!!
     
  5. marge

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    Yay - I bet theyre gorgeous with or without scent! I had 2 stargazer lillies come up this year - gawd knows where from, we've been here 2 yrs and they werent there last year!!Lovely surprise though [​IMG]
     
  6. windy miller

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    OOh! They're the best kind of plants, the ones that just appear [​IMG] My neighbour has a bamboo that just appeared from nowhere at the end of her garden. It's in the perfect position and now is a good 8ft high x 6ft wide. Unfortunately all I seem to get is weeds! :rolleyes:
     
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    UPDATE***
    The lily flower is now fully open and it smells and looks fabulous. See, I always said you get quality plants from B&Q :D :D
     
  8. Liz

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    Great! I' ve just looked at that variety,looks lovely and if it smells like my asiatic ones you should well pleased. Some people find the smell overpowering!
     
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    Morning Liz,
    The smell is fantastic and with loads more buds ready to open it's going to be really strong. Unfortunately, my 5yr old got a bit too close when smelling it and now has an orange face! Looks like she's been tango'd :D
     
  10. Stingo

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    Have you got cats windy as apparantly Lilys are poisonous to them..

    I love their perfume but have cats so can't really grow them.

    Stingo
     
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    Morning Stingo,
    Yes I've got 2 rescue cats so I've got the Lilies in a 3ft high pot on the patio so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem as the pollens way too high for them to brush against. Fortunately the cats are far too preoccupied catching voles,mice and slow worms to bother with flowers :eek: :( :D
     
  12. Liz

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    I have had both lilies and cats for more years than I care to mention. I grow them in containers and have never had a problem. I think if they were in the ground I would worry, but anyway only found out recently that there is a poroblem- I think Michaelmasdaisy posted a link about it soon after I joined.
     
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