Lilies

One perennial which commands attention in both garden and border is the stately, majestic, multi-flowered eremurus. When mature, it stands 4’ to 12’ feet high, depending on the species or

 which the name was initially applied was Primula vulgaris. Its foliage is like that of the polyanthus, but its single-stalked flowers easily distinguish it from the clustered inflorescence of its

Have you ever been curious about what many of the odd bulbs are in the bulb catalogs?  Did you ever try to get a few new ones each year? It’s

Have you ever tried to grow lilies from scales? If you haven’t, you have missed one of the most interesting gardening experiences. Many new hybrid garden lilies produce little or

The golden-rayed lily of Japan, Lilium auratum, has been called the queen of lilies. It is regally tall and graceful, and its deliciously fragrant, waxy-white flowers have broad golden bands

In your garden, be it large or small, there is no reason why you may not enjoy the exquisite perfection of hardy lilies. Even in a garden filled to over-flowing

In many parts of the United States, the lovely, fragrant auratum lily, the gold-band lily of Japan, usually lasts only one year. Why? The experts claim that this is one

Can one date beauty or say of plants just when they are ready to take their rightful place in the garden world? I believe we can in the case of

If there is any hardy flower that has gained popularity more rapidly during recent years than the lily, we do not know what it is. The old idea that they

The Madonna lily first came to the attention of the man in the “dawn of prehistory.” This was in the part of the world traditionally associated with the Garden of