Eremus .... The Foxtail Lily

I've never seen this before, it's beautiful!

I have seen these advertised Dwyllis and always wanted to grow some. I have added this to my Favs..Lovely selection my friend \0/x

Amazing !

Gorgeous!

Wow, those are incredible ... many thanks for posting such lovely photos.
I wonder, would they grow here for me too?

I was maintainig a trial bed of those beautiful flowers 2 years ago in London. Which?Gardening were testing them for 2 years - I have to say most of them did ok, survived hursh winter of 2009/2010. And what a show it was.... couldn't take enough pictures of them, lol.
check that link:
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/157462-eremurus-foxtail-lily/member/okasia

Hi Dwyllis ..Those flowers are wonderful ...
.. thanks for showing the photos :o)

Oh wow! they are beautiful...would they grow here in Uk?

I don't usually look at the blogs very often, but as there are very few questions at the moment, I decided to have a look and noticed this one, Waddy they would grow in the uk, they're fully hardy, but the young growth is frost tender, so you would have to give them a dry mulch to protect the young growth, Derek.

Xela & Waddy .... I just checked on the site & it says they require cold winters & hot, dry summers to give 'peak performance' so I think they would do ok in UK. It also states that the tall stem is strong & usually does not require staking ....strappy leaves ....interesting seeds if stems left after flowering is over. Grows from a star shaped corm. Flowers from late spring into early summer. Would make a stunning display. Hope that helps.

Many thanks Derekm & Dwyllis, that is very encouraging, we are overdue for a hot, dry summer so here's hoping :)
Added to my Wish List .... maybe a bit late to source and plant this Autumn, but nothing ventured nothing gained!

Many thanks Derek and Dwyllis, I might give these a try next year..watch this space lol.

These are wonderful flowers and stand so tall too. I haven't grown them, but when I was working in the Florist shop, we used to buy them in from Holland as cut flowers. They are fab to use in large Summery Pedestal designs and are equally as good as cut flowers in a tall vase :o)))

They certainly are very stately Tracey. And not a flower which is commonly seen, which also makes them desireable.