Lily Trials
Notes on various trials in my early lily growing years with different classes of lilies, and the odd product used in their culture.
Evaluation Lilies
A slideshow of lilies once under evaluation at plantlilies.com resides on this page. To make a good garden lily it must have:
- Hardiness
- Strong stems
- Lots of flowers
- Disease resistance
- Longevity
- Created: 03 January 2015 03 January 2015
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Hail Storm Damage to Lilies in 2008
Wow, can Mother Nature be wicked when she wants to be! See the damage in photos here, all taken 12 and 16 hours AFTER the actual storm hit. I wasn't home when it happened - not sure if that's a good thing or not! I probably would have cried if I had been though, so perhaps it's a blessing.
- Created: 09 June 2008 09 June 2008
- Last Updated: 30 May 2022 30 May 2022
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MYKE Trials
We did trials on some of our lily beds with this product in spring 2002, and the results were overwhelmingly positive! Our results were very comparable to what the company reports, most noticeable was the size of plant above ground and the root system below - larger than those planted without MYKE.
- Created: 13 December 2004 13 December 2004
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OT Hardiness Trials Part 1
EXPERIENCES WITH GROWING THE NEWER LILY VARIETIES ON THE PRAIRIES (2002)
- Created: 02 December 2002 02 December 2002
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OT Hardiness Trials Part 2
November 2003
I am very pleased to report that our hardiness trials over the winter of 2002 showed that the following interdivisional hybrids (Northern Star, Northern Beauty, Northern Carillon, Northern Sensation, Starburst Sensation, Easter Morn, Easter Dawn, Scheherazade , Leslie Woodriff, Catherine The Great, Creamy Belles, Fiery Belles, Ivory Belles, Silky Belles, Arabesque, and Silk Screen) mentioned in our previous article were hardy, with exception of Catherine The Great. I am most disappointed that Catherine didn't make it, despite spring planting and heavy mulch, as she was a particular favourite of mine. I will give up on Catherine now, and sell all remaining stock and remove her from our propagation schedule and catalog listing.
- Created: 10 November 2003 10 November 2003
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OT Hardiness Trials Part 3
THE CHALLENGES
The 2004 gardening year was a challenge, and quite disappointing for us, to say the least. The most outstanding (almost bizarre) point I found, was that our heavily mulched lilies were the first to sprout up, a full two weeks sooner than those not mulched. I find this bizarre because typically, the mulched areas sprout a full two weeks LATER than unmulched areas. The only reasonable explanation I have heard for their contradictory behavior comes from my husband, who says there was no frost under the snow at all, throughout the winter, as we received a heavy snowfall early in the winter which provided a cozy insulating blanket for the lilies all winter long. As he does excavation for a living on a year-round basis, he is completely familiar with ground, soils and all their charactaristics. His explanation is the only plausible one; the heavy snowfall insulated the ground well enough to keep it from freezing at all this winter.
- Created: 16 December 2004 16 December 2004
- Last Updated: 26 May 2020 26 May 2020
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