Lilium henryii (update)

Wow that is tall they are beauties glad you have no lily beetles.

Stunning I luv the reflex in the petals , Siris are they in a pot or the border soil ?

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Gg, just looked up when I bought henryii, October 2015, kept in a pot first year, put into border after flowering 2016, when I thought I knew its size, didn't think it would top 7ft!

must look stunning , have you had to stake it ?

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Gg, sort of stacked! I haven't got a long enough one. When I came back from hols, it was sprawled across the border, but staked now, but has a definite arch where the cane finishes!!

I bet you have to be careful with your clothes at that height

thanks Siris

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Careful with clothes, from pollen? No, only my head has been pollinated, I am not thaaat tall!

Sorry Siris its with me being tall I shouldn't assume !!

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Fabulous colour......

Five days later only 2 spent flowers, despite the rain.

Excellent......

Lovely! Maybe you could try scaling the bulbs.

I have done that with other lilies, the orientals, but the offspring lost its label and got planted out in an inappropriate place, ie not aesthetically colour coordinated with the surrounding plants.