Giant Himalayan Lily

Wonderful...I'm guessing this is the pic. you've chosen for my blog...
thanks... I'll put it on there tomorrow...xxx

Wow....How lucky are you..............

Lol! Isnt it wonderful?
It was on my blog at the time, MILKY, but I forgot to add it to my pics til Terra asked me about my favourite plant!! I've got to wait a few years for flowers, but it'll be worth the wait!!

yes lucky you mari, lovely lily ;o)

never used to like lillies but now i love them,funny how your taste changes
i would gladly wait for it to flower

i love lilys to but after this year and lots of lily beetles i dreading next year as ive quite alot of lilys now ;o(

It'll certainly be a test of my patience, Joan! I've also got Tree Paeony seeds that take 2 years to germinate!!
I've always loved lilies, especially the big white ones!

you must have patience,if i plant something i want it to come up the next day lol

How kind of David its gorgeous hope it flowers well for you

mari i have a tree peony, but hasnt really done anything yet, still the same size, same leaves and no flowers as yet, not sure how long it all takes,

i never used to like salvias also but now i like them got one called "hot lips" and i adore its fragrance if i could bottle it i would

So do I!!! Yesterday if possible!! Thats what I mean about a test! My garden's all new though, so I just HAVE to wait for it to establish!

Lol, Sandra, they take 2 years just to sprout! Not sure how many to flower (I'll try to remember where I got the info & recheck it) but I DO know that the Giant Lily takes a good few years to flower, then dies, but sets off shoots first!
Joan, I love Salvias! I've been collecting seed from mine! Not got hotlips though, its gorgeous! Thats the one that looks like its wearing lipstick, isnt it?

its better with a new garden as your starting from scratch better than inheriting plants, you can put in exactly what you choose and experiment to see which you like best

this is about a ft high mari, so not sure how old it is, got it in spring and thought i would have at least one flower this year, never mind im not going anywhere, will have to wait and see :o)

Lol! I'm trying to do that, though I get given plants too, & wouldn't get rid unless they were really horrid! Luckily my dad gives me roses!
I'm trying to get loads of Himalayan plants

Only 2 or 3 years then San, I'd think!

didnt realise they were slow growing mari, thanx for info

Thats some handsome plant Marie bet the flowers are magnificent!

I'll tell you in about 8 years, Carole!
Assuming I can keep it alive that long!!

I hope your joking couldnt bear to wait that long!

Nope!! Not joking!! :~((

is there no way of forcing it on, some plants you can do this mari, but not sure how

What a monster are those feeding instructions behind it ?

just read about a woman in devon who had one growing in her garden, to 6 ft, said it looked like a sad lettuce then started growing several inches a day till 6 ft, no flowers but came back the next year to same height and flowered to, said because of our climat change if it was going to grow here would be down in devon, so look after it mari cause you get the cold up there,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-460056/Flower-power--giant-Himalayan-lily-grows-English-garden.html

Lol, Ray! That's a baby one!! You feed them small boys!!
San, I might put it in the shed this winter, its in its pot in the raised bed, so it'll be easy to do. They grow to 8 feet! & if they can survive in Pitlochry, they'll be ok here, its 20 miles North of here!

good luck with it then mari, :o))

Lol! Ta! How you feeling?

Sue bought me one several years ago for my birthday.
It didn't do much the first year, probably only a couple of foot.
The next year, 8 foot tall and flowers!
Now the sad bit - the bulb dies after flowering.
However, empty the pot out & collect the offsets. Put them in individual pots & grow on. If you don't do as I did & let them get cold AND wet, in about 5 or 6 years you should have flowering plants again.

lucky you, great plant Marie.

Thanks meanie, but I live in Scotland! Cold & wet is the normal weather here!

That is going to be wonderful Marie , 8 years , i'm not sure that I would have the patience but i'm sure it will be worth it .............

Lovely im sure you cannot wait for it to bloom

Looking forward to watching this one grow Mad........good luck with it.

The leaves fell off with the first frost, but I've brought it into the house to see if I can keep it alive!! :~{

"The leaves fell off with the first frost, but I've brought it into the house to see if I can keep it alive!! :~{"

I left mine outside & it came back with vigour.
The important thing is not to let them get wet when it's cold, frost they live with. It behaves the same as any other hardy bulb otherwise.
You've inspired me to get a couple more!