{"id":8652,"date":"2024-07-05T02:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T01:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2024-07-07T06:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T05:55:21","slug":"late-floweroing-oriental-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/late-floweroing-oriental-lilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Late   Flowering Oriental Lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blazing saddles had nothing on this years blazing Lilies in pots and beds. My current go- too is the oriental &#8216;Black Beauty&#8217;<br \/>\n<a title=\"Lily Stargazer \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3781759504\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2585\/3781759504_06161eca1b.jpg\" alt=\"Lily\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oriental Lilies are native to China and Japan and are a later flowering variety of Lily. Oriental Lilies tend to produce large, showy and fragrant flowers. They vary in size from 1 foot dwarves to 7 feet giants. The smaller varieties make good pot plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oriental Lily Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With a spicy and sweet fragrance, oriental lilies are late bloomers\u00a0 in August \/ September.<\/li>\n<li>They bear 6+ open faced flowers with spotted, brushed or dark shaded petals.<\/li>\n<li>Varieties of oriental Lilies include crimson Black Beauty, pure white Casa Blanca, dark pink Journeys End, pink Le Reve,\u00a0 rose red Stargazer whilst Acapulco produces dark pink flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Lily flowers can be stored by florists for 4 to 6 weeks after harvesting. They have a vase life of 7 to 14 days if harvested at the right stage and given the proper treatment. This makes them an excellent choice for fresh flower arrangements and popular wedding bouquet flowers.<\/li>\n<li>These Lilies prefer slightly acidic soil and dislike alkaline soil. New lime tolerant hybrids now include Orienpets like Black Beauty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Lily by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4453062141\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4039\/4453062141_5d0ed43289.jpg\" alt=\"Lily\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Tips for Growing Oriental Lilies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lily bulbs may be planted \u00c2\u00a0 from mid-September through October. Plant in spring for later blooms<\/li>\n<li>Buy firm, plump bulbs with roots attached. Plant them as soon as possible. <!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Bulbs never go completely dormant so they must not dry out before planting.<\/li>\n<li>Oriental Lilies grow best in full sunlight.<\/li>\n<li>Plant Lilies in groups of three or five identical bulbs spaced 8-12 &#8221;\u00a0 apart.<\/li>\n<li>Plant small Lily bulbs two to four inches deep and large bulbs four to six inches deep, measuring from the top of the bulb.<\/li>\n<li>Do not plant lilies where standing water collects as they need well-drained soil.<\/li>\n<li>Add lots of organic matter to clay soil to create a raised area with improved drainage.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate organic matter into light, sandy soil\u00c2\u00a0 to help hold onto nutrients and prevent it from drying too rapidly.<\/li>\n<li>In November mulch over newly planted bulbs with four to six inches of loose, weed-free compost, leaves, or wood chips. This delays soil freezing and allows roots to continue growing longer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Companions for Oriental Lilies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>They mix well with with herbaceous plants that have different flowering habits or forms but avoid matching them with day lilies<\/li>\n<li>Daffodills in spring and Japanese anemone in autumn would extend the season of interest<\/li>\n<li>Ferns and annuals are other considerations, cornflower, candytuft and love in a mist are worth trying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blazing saddles had nothing on this years blazing Lilies in pots and beds. My current go- too is the oriental &#8216;Black Beauty&#8217; Oriental Lilies are native to China and Japan and are a later flowering variety of Lily. Oriental Lilies tend to produce large, showy and fragrant flowers. They vary in size from 1 foot dwarves to 7 feet giants. The smaller varieties make good pot plants. Oriental Lily Facts With a spicy and sweet fragrance, oriental lilies are late&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/late-floweroing-oriental-lilies\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21523,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652\/revisions\/21523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}