The Lilly...more info wanted. Awesome blooms though!!!

NEIndiana · #1 07-31-2008, 12:06 AM

Ok...I know that most people love Lillies when they bloom.... and I know I have 3 gorgeous ones blooming, but am in search of some variance in colors. Can anyone point me to a good and reputable source for getting some more lillies? I have 3 lighter shades ranging from white to stargazers...and then a couple of purple/yellow mixtures that ...um...ok, I'm forgetting things and the names of these two I did forget. LOL
Here's a sampling of what I have so far. Also, are there any that actually bloom deep into the fall time??? I'm in zone 5.

Thanks in advance for your help. I L-O-V-E coming here and reading about the different plants/animals/etc. I'm finding tons of info!
Thanks Pat...for recommending this site!

Daylilydayzed · #2 07-31-2008, 07:07 AM

Elaine,
Your first picture is of Lilium lilium the Lily, the second flower is a daylily of the species Hemerocallis. Which daylily it is I can not tell you with out knowing who hybridized it . If you want to know more about daylilies, check out the website of the American Hemerocallis Society. You are located in Region 2 where there a lot of people who grow daylilies. Here are some names and addresses and phone number you can check out . Please tell them that a Region 12 member of the Tampa Bay Daylily Society recommended them to you
Here is the list I copied from the website of the AHS:
Indiana Daylily Societies

Daylily Enthusiasts of Southern Indiana (DESI): Tim Bleichroth, President
407 Hearthstone Lane
Henderson, KY 42420-3422
270-826-1051
E-mail: timb@henderson.net
: George Wright, President
8640 East Hurst Road
Pekin, IN 47165
812-967-2147
Fort Wayne Daylily Society: J. Paul Downie, President
8207 Seiler Road
Ft. Wayne, IN 46806
219-493-4601
RunningJa659897@aol.com
Hoosier Daylily Society, Inc.: Greg Gordon, President
5606 N Pennsylvania St.
Indinanapolis, IN 46222
317-475-0285
ggordon@iei.net

Jim Shields, Contact
17808 Grassy Branch Road
Westfield, Indiana 46074
317-896-3925
jshields@indy.net
Indiana Daylily-Iris Society: President & Director
Laurel Richardson
P. O. Box 42458
Indianapolis, IN 46242
phone (317) 887-0706
E-mail: Lhabitat@aol.com

1st Vice-President & Director
Jim Rice
915 S. Franklin Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46239
phone (317) 359-5896

2nd Vice-President & Director
Peg Powers
10530 Chestnut Hill Circle
Fishers, IN 46037
phone (317) 596-2866

Corresponding Secretary & Director
Shirley Toney
7226 Cordry Drive
Nineveh, IN 46164-9670
phone (317) 933-9934

Recording Secretary & Director
Doris Winton
7131 E. 550 South
Franklin, IN 46131
phone (812) 526-9237

Treasurer & Director
Don Williams
138 Patriot's Landing
Fillmore, IN 46128
phone (765) 246-6876

Past President & Director
Jim Poor
304 W. County R. 250 S
Greencastle, IN 46135-8882
phone (765) 653-6234
Limestone Daylily and Hosta Society: Gloria Jacques, President
7880 W Howard Road
Bloomington, IN 47404
812-876-8704
e-mail; Carol Reynolds/contact nreynol@indiana.edu
Southern Indiana Daylily, Hosta, Daffodil, and Iris Society: Mark Cline, President
5289 S. Harrell Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47401
812-824-9216
Insight Broadband
Southwestern Indiana Daylily Society: Peg Michas, President
RR2 Box 262
Princeton, IN 47670
812-385-5336
nickm@gibsoncounty.net
: Vice President, Lewis Lyons, (270) 684-5217 llyons1@mindspring.com
Secretary, Marcia Razor, (812) 985-5550 hillcrest66@juno.com
Director, David Schaffer, (812) 354-3191 earthnwater163@webtv.net
Director, Joe Harris, (618) 262-8701 jyharris@isbe.accessus.com
Director, Jane Berrong, (270) 533-6868 berrong@henderson.net
Past President , Sandy Russell, (812) 789-5394 polina@sigecom.net

Hopefully one of them will be near your location.

Bird Lover · #3 07-31-2008, 10:26 AM

Elaine, this is more than a gardening group, this is my extended family! I'm glad you like it here, I just knew you'd fit right in. Next thing you know, you'll be a member of the Daylily Society with Julia.
I have some similar to the picture you posted. Darn, I wish I could remember all the names of mine too. My pink Stargazers are giving off a wonderful intoxicating scent now.

herasday · #4 07-31-2008, 03:58 PM

Elaine, my favorite lily are my true tiger lilies. Tiger lilies bear no seeds and reproduce vegetatively by little vegetative bulblets that grow at the leaf axils. They have a "turks cap" form of the flower. I like all the other "turks cap" style lilies too. But my Tiger lilies are descendants from a patch my mother had, so they are my preferred ones as I remember them from my childhood.

They are the kind of lilies that make me think of elves and fairies with their nodding blooms with the recurved orange red petals spotted with brown, very, very long protruding stamens

There are some pictures in this wikipedia entry about Tiger Lilies. NOTE, these are NOT the daylilies that are called Tiger lilies in some parts of the country and also known as "ditch lilies".
Lilium lancifolium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a picture of mine

[IMG]http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMTc1MTY*ODMxNDAmcHQ9MTIxNzUxNjUxODE*MC ZwPTIyMTY*MSZkPSZuPSZnPTE=.gif[/IMG]

tiger lilies2 pictures from gardens photos on webshots

Here's another one that shows the bloom close up and the little bulblets

petal*pusher · #5 07-31-2008, 04:19 PM

Those are my favorites too Dee! My patch expands avery year...now I'm even finding them in other gardens...(must be those birds are carrying those beautiful little black bulbils!)

I brought 3 plants from Mom's property when we emptied her big 'ole farm house...I was surprised none of my soblings were interested in them. The original came from Grandma's in Berkey, Ohio. (my cemetary iris came from Berkey too!)
Beautiful Tiger Lilies from Mom's pictures from flowers photos on webshots

They're in full bloom right now...tons of bulbils falling off all over...I plan on gathering some up to bring to Karan's.

A friend gave me several varieties of day lilies also...and after 4 years, they're beautiful!...........p

Daylilydayzed · #6 07-31-2008, 07:26 PM

Petal Pusher if you have pictures of your daylilies, please post them here. I would love to see them. Also the word daylily is now spelled as a single word not two words . The American Hemerocallis Society is the governing body that regulates the registration of new and future new varieties . It also recommended that daylily b e spelled as one word.

petal*pusher · #7 07-31-2008, 09:06 PM

OOPS! I knew that too, Dawn!

If you check my previous post, there's a link in blue where it says..."Beautiful Tiger Lilies from Mom's pictures from flowers photos on webshots".......love those stately fellas!.......Pam

NEIndiana · #8 08-01-2008, 12:01 AM

Dawn & Pam, gorgeous flowers! And thanks for the info for my area. I'm going to be looking into things here over the next few weeks and finding out more of what is available around here so I can get some more beauties!

Bird Lover · #9 08-01-2008, 12:22 AM

I have a few blooming now too, and I have those tall Tiger Lilies all over my yard! Pam I remember that garden scene of yours. It looks like it jumped right out of a gardening magazine, so beautiful!

Bird Lover · #10 08-01-2008, 12:27 AM

These Stella D'Oros need dividing this year.

and these are the sweetest smelling ones