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    Calla Lily - Lavender Gem

    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
    Calla Lily - Lavender Gem

    The Calla Lily Lavender Gem, ‘Zantedeschia’, a spring planted tuber, produces wonderful lavender colored flowers. The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword-shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery-like stalks. The leaves are heart-shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.

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    Daylily - Destined to See

    The Daylily Destined to See, ‘Hemerocallis’, has attractive creamy white petals with a blue-violet eye-zone. Accented with a rich purple edging. Fragrant, blooms 4-5″ across. Early mid-season bloomer, this is an evergreen variety. Daylilies are the perfect perennial. Each plant sends up many flower stems, and each stem bears 12 or more buds. Bloom is lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years. Plants 18-24″ apart.

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    Lily - Cassandra

    The Oriental Lily Cassandra, ‘Lillium’, a spring planted bulb, produces white flowers with yellow stripes. Oriental Lilies are long lived and they will increase in number year after year. They are ideal for summer bouquets because of their heavenly fragrance. Oriental lilies display huge flowers that are richly colored and are borne on long stems. Use them in flower borders or in your own cutting garden.

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    Calla Lily - Strawberry Parfait

    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
    Calla Lily - Strawberry Parfait

    The Calla Lily Strawberry Parfait, ‘Zantedeschia’, a spring planted tuber, produces wonderful pink colored flowers with lightly splotched foliage. The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword-shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery-like stalks. The leaves are heart-shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.

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    Lily - Pollyanna

    The Asiatic Hybrid Lily Pollyanna, ‘Lillium’, a spring planted bulb, produces yellow flowers. Asiatic Lilies are great for borders, beds, and containers. They prefer well drained soil, and they will multiply each year. Allow the leaves on the stalk to turn yellow and fall off to provide the bulb with ample nourishment for the next growing year. Asiatic Hybrids are the first lilies to bloom each season and the blooms are long lasting in the garden and in bouquets.

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    Lily - OT Hybrid - Honeymoon

    The OT Hybrid Lily Honoeymoon, ‘Lillium’, a spring planted bulb, produces beautiful yellow flowers with areas of dark yellow. OT Hybrid Lilies are a cross between an Oriental lily and a trumpet lily wich gives them a heavy fragrance, vivid color and large blooms. Lilies are great for borders, beds, and containers. They prefer well drained soil and they will multiply each year. Allow the leaves on the stalk to turn yellow and fall off to provide the bulb with ample nourishment for the next growing year.

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    Daylily - Rosy Returns

    The Daylily Rosy Returns, Hemerocallis ‘Rosy Returns’ (Apps, ‘99,PP9779), is a dwarf variety that has large 4 inch bright rose flowers with a dark pink eye and yellow throat on green foliage. Rosy Returns will bloom from June until frost and may be hardy all the way to zone 2. It can survive harsh conditions that many other plants can not and prefers full sun for the best performance. Daylilies are some of the easiest plants to grow and are a good choice for any gardener. They will grow in almost any soil and handle drought to wet soil conditions. Use for stand alone plantings, edging, in borders or in mixed containers and tubs.

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    Daylily - Blueberry Cream

    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
    Daylily - Blueberry Cream

    The Daylily Blueberry Cream, ‘Hemerocallis’, displays large 6″ flowers of cream-yellow with lavender eye-zone and edges. A real eye-catcher! It re-blooms in late summer andis the semi-evergreen variety. No. 1 size roots. Daylilies are the perfect perennial. Each plant sends up many flower stems, and each stem bears 12 or more buds. Bloom is lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years. Plants 18-24″ apart. Zones 3-9.

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    Daylily - Storm of the Century

    The Daylily Storm of the Century, Hemerocallis ‘Storm of the Century’ (Carr, ‘00), has almost 6 inch ruffled blooms that are purple with a gold edge and a yellow and green throat on green foilage. Storm of the Centure will bloom mid-season and is a constant rebloomer. It can survive harsh conditions that many other plants can not and prefers full sun for the best performance. Daylilies are some of the easiest plants to grow and are a good choice for any gardener. They will grow in almost any soil and handle drought to wet soil conditions. Use for stand alone plantings, edging, in borders or in mixed containers and tubs.

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    Lily - O.T. Hybrid - Purple Prince

    The O. T. Hybrid Lily Purple Prince, ‘Lilium O. T. Hybrid Purple Prince’, is a new fragrant variety that are a perfect cross between the exotic Orientals and regal Trumpet Lilies. Oriental Lilies are known for their fragrance, color, and size. Trumpets are unique for their trumpet-like flowers and their ability to naturalize. ‘Purple Prince’ is a rare shade of deep lavender accented with a green throat. It is hardy zones 4-9.

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    Lily - Tiger - Salmon Twinkle

    The Tiger Lily Salmon Twinkle, ‘Lilium’ is the traditional Tiger Lily that has strongly recurved, brilliant yellow and pink flowers with prominent stamens. It is certianly a decorative species with bright curled flowers. The Tiger Lily is a vigorous grower and will thrive even in poor soil. You can expect lots of charming speckled flowers per bulb from this excellent naturalizer. The Tiger Lily comes from Japan and has been cultivated there for a long time. Von Siebold’s name will always be connected with this lily because he introduced the first bulb to the west. The petals of the Tiger Lily are sharply reflexed, somewhat pendulous, and very sweet-smelling.

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