Lilium September 2014

[pontus]

A few late flowering beauties from here :

Lilium glorosioides and lilium primulinum burmanicum

The first time in 10 years that I manage to get these 2 fabulous sp to flower, but as a swedish expression says "the one who whaits for something nice never whaits too long"!

I have finally got the trick to get glorosioides to do well. Plant it in 60% neutral or alkaline soil and 40 % (or less) acid soil, in a "long tom" pot, at least 20 cm's tall. (round pot). The bulb needs to be planted only 5 cm's deep. Then, plunge the pot into a large raised bed in half shade, with the pot rim 5-10 cm's deep under the soil. Make sure the bed never dries out but also never gets waterlogged and protect from slugs

Pontus

[Tony Willis]

Pontus

a wonderful gloriosoides,your cultural hints are very useful.

Mine are a couple of years of flowering.

[winwen]

A few late flowering beauties from here :

Lilium glorosioides and lilium primulinum burmanicum

The first time in 10 years that I manage to get these 2 fabulous sp to flower, but as a swedish expression says "the one who whaits for something nice never whaits too long"!

I have finally got the trick to get glorosioides to do well. Plant it in 60% neutral or alkaline soil and 40 % (or less) acid soil, in a "long tom" pot, at least 20 cm's tall. (round pot). The bulb needs to be planted only 5 cm's deep. Then, plunge the pot into a large raised bed in half shade, with the pot rim 5-10 cm's deep under the soil. Make sure the bed never dries out but also never gets waterlogged and protect from slugs

Pontus

Really brilliant, your L. gloriosoides!
Just one question for better understanding: What's a "long tom pot"?
Is this a less conical kind of pot?

[Maggi Young]

A long tom pot  need not be  less conical than a "normal" pot, but it often is. The main point is that it is much longer than wide.  Good for deep rooting or tap-rooted plants
We have discussed sources for these quite often, for instance here :  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5040.0