Five years ago we bought two ginger lily tubers. We planted them in our unheated conservatory and since then they have been throwing up a couple of leaves every year but no flowers. Imagine our excitement when we saw this a couple of weeks ago.
We went to collect forty lovely irish mountain sheep fleeces from a friend today and when we got back home and had unloaded them we collapsed into the armchairs with our cups of tea.
We were leafing through a book about art nouveau and found a picture of a lily. It was a lovely exotic looking yellow flower and we remembered our own lily.
This was the sights that met our eyes as we raised our gaze and i am not kidding when I tell you our mouths fell open.
This wonder flower is about as tall as a winebottle placed on a five foot stalk.
When seen up close the colours are dazzlingly brilliant.
It was worth the five year wait. We will now sit in its shadow, sipping a lovely hawthorn gin and tonic and enjoying the sweet ginger lily perfume wafting through the air. There is a Swedish saying; “If you wait for something good, you can never wait too long”. We think that applies in this case. To further our delight we have found another three buds!
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It looks great Maria, a lovely plant. I was offered one but thought I needed heated greenhouse!
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We have a poly carbonate roof on ours but no heating. If you get another offer you might want to give it a try! The scent is so refreshing and lovely 😍
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These are some of the flowers I miss from my little bit of time in the Los Angeles region. There are some here, but they are neither as variable nor as popular. I get the impression that they are not quite as fragrant either.
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I had no idea how nice they would smell! Every morning for the last while, when we have stepped into our conservatory we have been met with a cloud of scent. We do have a red leaved variety as well but it was only planted last year and has some tiny buds at the moment. I wonder if the flower will be yellow or some other colour. I hope you are far away from the fires by the way.
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One of the fires is about a mile and a half from my home. It is very saddening to consider how many homes were burned.
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So sorry to hear this Tony. I hope it does not get any closer and that it is under control now.
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The fire was in such a hurry to get to town, and then just stopped on the outskirts. It was weird. It has not gotten any closer for quite a while, and is sort of burning in on itself.
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