Re: Better Lilies to try for medit climates

--- Joe Seals <gardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Barbara, et al:
> 
>      I've tried for years to grow asiatic and
> oriental
> lilies in various California gardens (San Diego, SF
> Bay Area, L.A.), never with success. As you've
> experienced, theyve always "gone down hill" after
> the
> first year or so.
> 
>      My theory is that they just don't get the
> appropriate climatic factors to encourage them to
> stick around.  Much as we experience with so many
> eastern and northern "hardy perennials" we try here
> --
> after a decent show the first year or two, they,
> too,
> go downhill.

This should be an interesting thread, if others can
suggest which lilies have been good performers for
them.  After visiting Seattle earlier this July, I was
blown away by how many people were growing lilies up
north, and I know that they are equally popular back
east.  They always seem to be so much larger and more
floriferous as well, never seeming to get 6~8feet tall
here in California, even in the first year with
largest size bulbs...  I would suspect that it is due
to the combination of reasons that others have stated.
 It sure would be nice to know what the best varieties
are for our medit climates, as they are so beautiful
in bloom.  Anyone else out there with suggestions for
best species and cutltivars to try?


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