mystery Martagon lily in bloom

7 years ago

The mystery lily started blooming today! From the look of the buds before they opened, I thought it might be red. It isn't - it's pink.... They are certainly showy plants!

This was on the 18th when it was just barely showing signs of color.

This is two days ago and the buds' color was starting to lean towards pink rather than red.

Today:

I think I might order a white one - but I'll wait a few weeks to see how bad the lily beetle go after it....

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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
7 years ago
Very exciting have a mystery plant go to bloom.
User
7 years ago
Sooooo beautiful and stately! Thanks for sharing!
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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
7 years ago
Gorgeous! I've often looked at these in catalogues, but between the relatively high price, and the red lily beetles, I haven't bought any. I might have to try a few to see how resistant they might be to the lily beetles.
flashphoto
7 years ago
Very nice lily

What is the variegated plant behind, next to it?

Thanks

Vince
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
7 years ago
A real beauty Woody.

Annette
woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
Original Author
7 years ago
Babs - yeah, those are my issues too :-) The bulbs are $20-30 each here and lily beetles are a PITA for most regular lilies here so I've pretty much given up on lilies, so I've never got around to trying these ones. I'm hoping, since this one is in shade and in an area covered by pine needle litter, that it might be less attractive for the lily beetles. We shall see.....

Vince - the variegated plant is the 'Wolf Eyes' dogwood we planted a month or so ago to replace the one that was killed by this past winter. I was hoping the lily would be white so it would coordinate better with the tree!

Annette - I think so too :-) While it doesn't coordinate with the tree, it does with the Geranium macrorrhizum patch growing nearby. I may order a white martagon lily to plant this fall if the lily beetles don't make too much of a mess of this one in the next few weeks. I'd be inclined to move this one this fall but I don't want to risk damaging it.

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