Sally- So nice to see your post...I have also traded with you several times. I am interested in these: Calla - White Giant Monarda - Aquarius & Mahogany Irises - Echo Easter & Wuhan Angel Amarcrinum Fred Howard I have these lilies for trade: Dizzy Tiger Woods Acapulco Time Out Triumphator Casa Blanca Eyeliner Kordesa Mona Lisa Mothers Choice Show Winner Star Fighter Sophie Pompei Hope we can trade Shirley

As mentioned by Suenh, Tiger lilies are resistant to most lily virus, such as TBV and the cucumber Mosiac Virus. However, they can still host the virus inside them and this virus can be spread by gardening tools (cutting flowers on both lilies, one after the other) or by insects (primarily aphids). If you have an asiatic lily with virus it typically displays symptoms which allow you to cull it. However, with tiger lilies, you may not know that it has virus since it does not display any symptoms and the only hint may be lilies gradually getting infected and dying around it (or near it). That being said, I grow tiger lilies and have not had a problem. I am rather virgillant about aphid control and I dip tools in a bucket with 10% bleach solution (9 parts water to 1 part bleach) between each cut when I deadhead flowers. Just because you have not had problems, does not mean it can not become a problem in future, and having a "trojan horse" in a garden could eventually become a problem, especially if you are a lily collector. If you are a casual gardener, it is certainly worth the risk because with some regular sound care you can keep all lilies happily growing and if you have a really bad year, worst case replant some lilies (including the tiger lily). Personally, I hate to get rid of them because they are so pretty and it goes against everything I believe it when you get rid of the lily which is virus resistant to protect the lilies that are susceptible for virus infection.

Thank you for the response! Yeah, I didn't think that they could be "tiger lilies" and "asiatic" at the same time. The comapny called them "New Tiger Lilies" and then call them an asiatic hybrid. Here's the page with the description of what I bought - http://www.dutchmillbulbs.com/store.asp?pid=16691&catid=19813 - I'm not surprised it's inaccurate. I also bought some adorable flowers from this same company - they called them Holland Charms, and I love them, but I can find NO information anywhere on the web about what they are or how to care for them. As for botrytis - I saw no signs of fungus and they didn't turn black or mushy - it's more like they dried out (which seems odd considering all the rain). Like daffodils do when they're done - the leaves just turned brown and died. Doesn't really matter at this point, I just really hope they come back next year, they were simply gorgeous this year.

Since both are common names that apply to several lily species, feel free to call it whatever you like :-) It is most likley to be a selection of either L. lancifolium (used to be L. tigrinium, hence 'tiger lily') or L. superbum (what is usually called 'Turk's cap') - the flowers are almost identical in appearance but one is a native species and somewhat rare these days and the other is an Asian import. The import - lancifolium - will have black bulbils produced along the stem in the leaf axils. The native does not. I think I see bulblis in your first photo so I would assume this is Lilium lancifolium.