UPDATE 2011-05-08

I do not remember that we ever had sucha long warm and sunny spring like this year - now only sun and nearly no rain from February until May........... and no end to see.............

My lilies grow like never before........... :)

UPDATE 2011-04-17

Allthough we had snow last week for 2 days, no harm has happened to my lilies. Several of them are already 1/2 m high, and also lilies which usually emerge in May, like L. nepalense and its hybrid 'Kushi Maya', have already appeared above ground. However, L. nepalense seems to "grow backwards", I have obviously not yet found good hardy clones.

But on the other hand the so called "difficult" L. bakerianum has survived winter very well, and 3 nice stems have already appeared. I always thought that the OTs will be emerging later than other lily groups, however, they obvisously are the first to appear above the soil!

Several overviews in the morning:

'Anastasia' - VERY thick and VERY vigorous this year!

L. candidum group with a large Salvia in the middle, on the right L. regale group which is one of the latest this year.

One of my favourits: 'Golden Stargazer' with enormous stems this year!

UPDATE 2011-04-09

A lot has already happened on my small lily field in 2011. Since the weather was very dry and sunny in Jan., Feb., and March and also VERY warm (up to 26°C) in April, virtually all lilies have appeared, some of them are already 25+ cm high! Since I really had "problems" with weeds during the course of the 2 last years, I have made gravel paths to be sure that at least these will be free of weeds. At the moment, everything on the field is doing VERY WELL, so 2011 has had a great start! :) Field in early April.......... ......and on April 6 right after having finished the gravel paths. Lilium candidum, as usual, i the first lily to appear, however, a lot of others have already grown large "spears" up to 25+ cm (photos will follow.....) Large Alliums and an enormous Eremurus robustus that was planted in spring 2010 and did not even make leaves last year.

New start into 2011! :)

Hi again :)

2011 has started rather early here in Tyrol since the weather was very dry and mostly warm during February and now in March, so the field is already open, and L. candidum has started to grow.

However, a little bit of rain would be O.K. now..................

L. candidum

2010-10-09

Well, summer is over, most of my lilies have already lost their leaves, only a few are still green.

Even more green are the weeds yet, so a lot of work is to be done...............

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However, I was able to harvest several big and small capsules that were spared by the hailstorm, several regale crossings, crossings with and between tangos, and also some seeds were harvested from promising L. taliense and L. lijiangense crossings. Will start sowing in Jan/Feb. 2011.

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I also decided NOT to make a lily seed exchange via my site www.the-genus-lilium.com since it really caused me a lot of work during the last 2 years, and I really have lots of seeds to care of from this year.

So this might have been the last post for 2010.......... :)

UPDATE 2010-08-04

BACK FROM HOLIDAY

Before my holiday a terrible hailstorme came over Tyrol and my filed, and after it looked as if a madman has raged with a scythe. Now it is visible that a lot of pollinated flowers have been crashed, but also quite a lot have survived, especially some interesting Trumpet as well as Tango crossings. Also several L. taliense and L. lijiangense pollinations produce large capsules to some extent.

Nevertheless, I guess, next year I will install a hail protection................. :)

UPDATE 2010-07-17a

While packing my luggage for holidays, a terrible hailstorm just came over us...........





A battle field............... :(
To be honest: I would have rather preferred not to see that before going in to holidays.....