Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: kalle-k.dk on August 16, 2007, 06:00:07 PM
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Lilium auratum comes from Japan and it was already introduced in 1860. In the nature it grows on poor nutrient soil-volcano ashes, as giving a perfect drain. In the winter it is covered on lot of snow. It is easy liable to catch a virus. The variety virginale has a slender yellow stripe in the middle of the flowers and it has full yellow spotted.
Lilium auratum var. rubrovittatum is a very rare and difficult variety. It’s be found on the south eastern part of the Japanese island Honsu, where it is grown in volcano ashes. I got my bulb from a Japanese botanical garden as I got in 1996. In my garden it grows in half shadow, in acid peat and perfect drain.
Karl Kristensen.
Denmark.
www.kalle-k.dk
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Karl, beautiful pictures of some beautiful plants, thanks for sharing them. As I see from your Web Site you are an experienced and expert grower.
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Splendid pics ! I am interested to exchange bulbs. Your two forms of auratum and speciosum gloriosoides interest me very much. What do you need in bulbs ? I am specialized crocus-colchicum-tulipa and some lilium.
Thank you
Dominique
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Dominique
I will always be interested in trading plants, but I got only one or two bulbs of those two rare lilies and therefore can I not offer any of them. Sorry! I can offer you several other bulb and plants.
Karl Kristensen
www.kalle-k.dk
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Hi Karl,
No importance, I will wait for this a certain number of years...!!! Send me please a list of those are available. Tell me too what is subject to interest you
Thank you
Dominique