Beautiful things blooming

t_corey89 said:
There you go, finally opened up and didn’t get chewed up… Yet. The tree is about 4 feet tall. Has 1 main trunk that has 3 branches. Now that they’re flowering the tips will separate into more branches. It’s pretty wild to see happening.

They go dormant in the winter @ktrain. So it just hangs out in the garage for the most part, until it drops to really cold. Then I’ll bring it in until it warms up a little. This is one of my favorite plants lol.
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Do you have a scratch n sniff Pic? 😆
 
One of my Asiatic lilies...please ignore the weeds, we've had nolthing but rain every single day for over a month, and as much as I get some work done, our chicken yard is flooded, so the weeds are catching up. I love them out in the garden, but can't stand the super sweet smell, so never bring them inside ( same with roses, only I don't like roses period )
 

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Smokymist said:
One of my Asiatic lilies...please ignore the weeds, we've had nolthing but rain every single day for over a month, and as much as I get some work done, our chicken yard is flooded, so the weeds are catching up. I love them out in the garden, but can't stand the super sweet smell, so never bring them inside ( same with roses, only I don't like roses period )
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Beautiful colors!
 
ktrain said:
I love how the Hydrangea can put out different color flowers, apparently because of different PH levels in the soil?

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Yes, I tended to my elderly neighbor's Hydrangea bush, Peonies and Daily lilies for a long time. How do you get yours to have 2 colors? I think acidic soil gives blue and alkaline pink.

Oh, I didn't see your later post. That is interesting. Having very different pH soil at such a short distance.
 
grasshopper said:
Yes, I tended to my elderly neighbor's Hydrangea bush, Peonies and Daily lilies for a long time. How do you get yours to have 2 colors? I think acidic soil gives blue and alkaline pink.

Oh, I didn't see your later post. That is interesting. Having very different pH soil at such a short distance.
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That's what I was thinking too, it's one root system, but must be getting acidity from somewhere and it is only affecting part of the plant.
Very strange.
 
I am growing lilies this season for its bulbs to eat. From what I read so far, it is edible but I'll have the emergency dial ready before I eat one. 😅

In order to grow it for the bulbs, I actually have been pinching off all the flower buds. Only real asian lilies can be eaten. Some flowers from different species were lumped into the same group and apparently are poisonous. I saw one youtube video explaining the uglier the flowers, the better the bulbs, but he didn't quite explain how to measure "ugliness".

In reality, there are commercial lily crops in China just growing the bulbs as a delicacy. It is crunchy sweet and quite expensive. Traditionally, the varieties for consumption are not grown for the flowers and vice versa. But lately, there have been some breeding breakthrough from a small village where they are able to produce cut flowers as well as the bulbs from the same plant. Because one crop produces 2 products, this small village was able to beat out the competition from both the flower and the bulb market, which rely on a single product.
 
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