My New Lily, A Ming Toy!
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
May 17, 2020 4:49pm CST
Since we didn't get to go out for our normal Mother's Day dinner, I decided to ask the hubby to go buy me some new lilies in a color I didn't have.
I sent him our co-op in our small town. I had seen some lilies blooming a couple of weeks ago so knew they at least had them. They don't have a lot of stock when it comes to plants.
Turns out all they had left were the yellow lilies like the ones I already have and a Ming Toy lily that is a dark burgundy with a yellow center. Bingo! He brought me two home and I can't wait until they bloom. It appears that I missed this years blooming unless I can get them into a second round with some fertilizer. I have already repotted them as they were root bound.
The photo is of the picture shown on the card that was on the lilies. I think I did good!!
© 2020 Karen Gros, All rights reserved.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
18 May 20
Very nice. I hope they bloom for you!
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
20 May 20
@Miss_Leafy They bloom in spring and summer.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
18 May 20
I have a problem growing lilies and gladiolas--keep on trying but even when they bloom it is for an hour or two!!! ARGH!
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@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
18 May 20
That is different. Hope you can get them to bloom again.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 May 20
You are going to have so much color in your yard by the time you're done that people are going to think you operate a local botanical garden! haha
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
20 May 20
My oldest daughter's ex in-laws have a yard that is ALL flowers. It is really neat. You can walk through to find a bench, or in another area a swing, yet another table and chairs. It's really amazing. We talked about trying to do that here but hubby decided it wasn't going to happen. Maybe I can work toward that goal! But I think I'd rather be able to see if someone was in my yard or not, especially at night.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 May 20
@kareng I'm sure that yard was a beautiful sight, but can you imagine how much work it took to take care of it all? It'd be a never-ending battle to keep up with everything!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
18 May 20
Your new name is Lillie.
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