I will have candy lily seeds this fall. They are blooming now. I desperately want some Vesper iris too, but can't find them anywhere. This post was edited by gnomey on Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 9:26

Hello Melinda, I'm in the process of a trade for blackberry lily seeds and no longer have the sungold or box car willie seeds. Thank you for your interest and good luck in your trades. Laisan

Excuse me, are you talking about Belamconda chinensis? I also find Leopard Lily for common name. I have found them popping up in the gravel walk near my nursery bought plant, and transplanted them to better area. Despite my casual handling they are thriving, so I decided to try growing from seed. Since they choose the gravel I assumed they needed a cold stratification to germinate. In mid spring I placed seed on a damp paper towel, rolled up, and put in plastic bag in frig. Forgot about them for a month or so. When I checked, almost all of the had broken dormancy, (seed cracked, small rootlet showing) so I planted them in pots outside. As far as I can tell ALL have sprouted and are growing along. Very small, difficult to tell from grass, so I transplanted about 1/2 in July to an area I can keep grass free long enough to see if they succeed. I don't expect to see flowers or the fascinating seed pods for a year or two, but that's the fun!

Pardancanda norisii (Candy Lily) is a cross of Belamcanda (BlackBerry Lily)and another irisy plant- The only way I can tell most of mine apart is size, OK- and where I planted them- The Candy Lilies are MUCH larger than the Blackberry Lilies- also Candy Lilies can look much different than Blackberry Lilies- with solid colors and a whole range of color combinations- whereas the Black berry lilies all look the same- an orangey-yellow with scarlet burgundy spots on all the petals- since the first photo shows much less spots on 3 of the petals- I would bet that you have a Candy Lily. But a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.... Until seed trading time that is.... I have wintersown these with great success- and better yet- I started some (200) indoors, under lights in January- and had blooms the same year from all the spotted blackberry looking Candy Lilies. The Blackberry lilies took 2 years to bloom when started indoors- and 3 for wintersowing. Funny thing- I did not see more unusual color combinations on the Candy Lilies till the second year- and that was only about 10 percent of all of those I planted out. I have a named variety plant (Sangria I think it is called) this year that I am looking forward to starting seed from to see what may happen to these flowers- The plant is all by itself- with no other candy lilies near by- but it is producing seed heads.... Maybe I will know by late next summer..... They are GREAT drought resistant plants that add an iris foliage look to your dry hot spots- That really pump out the seeds! I hope you all can try some! Julie