Liliums 2015 | North American Rock Garden Society

We are a month into what could be an extreme summer and though many of the Liliums have done reasonably well, signs of heat stress are evident on these two Orientpets, Ovation and (presumeably) Belladonna:

Close up of Lilium 'Ovation'

Close up of Lilium 'Belladonna'

Later flowering liliums are often caught out by summers here and a few others are aborting buds already,

cheers

fermi

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Some more heat-stressed

Some more heat-stressed lilies:

'Gluhwein'

'Robina'

'Mr Cas'

'Silk Road'

cheers

fermi

Think your lilies look great

Think your lilies look great anyway, Fermi!

Thanks, Hoy,

here's the last one for awhile,

a slightly singed 'Table Dance'

cheers

fermi

This is the first flower we

This is the first flower we've had on this Orient-Pet 'Robert Swanson', purchased from Club Creek Bulb Farm in May 2014.

The color really stands out in the rather parched landscape at present!

cheers

fermi

On the shady side of the

On the shady side of the house one of the original "O-T" hybrids (actually between Lilium henryi and L. speciosum, I believe) Lilium 'Black Beauty' is in bloom,