A surprise for Eric.
These (below) were grown from the seed you sent me a few years ago Eric.
Am I right in saying they are var. flaviflorum?
On the internet, the species Lilium lancifolium (in the main) seems to be orange. These ones grown from your seed are yellow.
Ive molycuddled these a bit, in the greenhouse. From tiny strap leaves the first year to something which looked like flowering size growth this year. I had four pots of them and planted them in different locations. The slugs devoured the first pot planting (but they are making an attempt to regrow). I put slug pellets around the second planting, but after the initial carnage, the slug pellets obviously washed into the soil and the next braver generation came along and devoured then as well. They climbed the stems and chewed the flower heads off!
The ones in these photos were planted in a small dryish island bed at the base of a small tree in my front garden, more slug pellets etc etc. Bingo, I finally got a few flowers!
I have to say, they were well worth the effort - they are beautful flowers. Many thanks Eric.
