12 Responses

1. genny Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am

   Its a pretty flowers and really the colors are amazing. Love the spring. Mine is ready.

   genny,
   It’s nice to see a new visitor. Enjoy spring.

2. Genie Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am

   Those are gorgeous — they look so delicate! Thanks for sharing the photos, and the desktop wallpaper — that’s terrific!

   Genie,
   My pleasure. I’m glad you enjoyed them.

3. Aiyana Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am

   Beautiful flowers. I would like to try them, butI sometimes don’t believe the hardiness listed on plants. I think they should leave out our zone 9b, because if the label includes zones 5 and 6 in the range of acceptable zones, then it’s ususally too hot here. If the label calls out zones 9-10, plants usually work out.
   Happy GTS,
   Aiyana

   Aiyana,
   I’ve got to try sometimes knowing that the label indicates I’m a zone or two off. Some plants are irresistable.

4. Carol, May Dreams Gardens Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am

   I grow candy lilies here in zone 5. I think most of what I have now comes up from seed each year. But I get blooms, so that’s fine with me.

   Carol,
   I hope you post some photos this year. I can’t get enough of them.

5. Bamapat Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am

   Great shots — I like these flowers, they look so delicate and precious, almost to danity to be real.

   So tell me, GrassAcrer — what zone is Norwood – I hear zone 4, zone 3, and even zone 5, how does one know or do we just guess and let it fall where it will?

   Yes, I am sitting down, giving my mind a rest — beat ya too it!

   Bamapat,
   Norwood – we’re usually listed as zone 4 and over the last few years that’s been accurate. It’s those old fashioned -40F winters and the weeks of temps remaining below zero that make a liar out of those Hardiness Zone Maps. Throw in a lack of snow cover and most of those ‘hardy’ perennials give up the ghost.

6. deb Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   Those are beautiful! I’ve never seen them before. They remind me of orchids

   deb,
   When Park first introduced them they were ‘hot’. I haven’t seem much of them lately, oh well that’s the way hype goes. To bad the ‘media’ feels things have to be new in order to focus their attention on something.

7. Joy Says:
   March 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm

   Gorgeous flowers !
   They remind me of Toad Lily as well.
   I have grown “Candy Lily” .. but being smack on the zone is tricky indeed.
   Joy
   PS .. I have tried to find your site on Blotanical and I can’t seem to nail you ? where are you Mr. Wiseacre ! LOL

   Joy,
   Well didn’t I reap a nice reward. I haven’t tried Toad Lilies before but after looking up Tricyrtis and finding it in my catalog I will have to get some. Zone 4 I can usually get away with – it’s those hard winters that give me trouble.

   I haven’t joined Botanical. Maybe some day – I want to make sure I stick with this blogging stuff before I make any commitment. Once spring finds it’s way here I will be in the gardens until the ground once again freezes. I don’t usually come in until dark – then eat and the next thing I know I’m sleeping. This year I’ve promised myself to at least reserve Sundays to keep up with GTS before going out to play.

8. kerri Says:
   March 3rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm

   OK, I’m hooked…I’ll have to try some…they’re gorgeous! And your photos are terrific.
   I came back to answer your last comment and had to take time and read this post too.
   I need to stop browsing and start cooking dinner! That’s the one thing my dear husband just won’t do! I guess I need to let him go hungry a time or two Athough that would backfire and we’d end up with cereal or PBJs.

   kerri,
   They are gorgeous and you won’t be sorry growing some. You better get going, I don’t want to be responsible for a cold supper being served. But maybe he could micowave the PBJs.

9. meems Says:
   March 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 pm

   I’m with you – this is a very attractive lily. I’ve just discovered this variety in a book on Florida bulbs. It’s called Blackberry lily or Leopard flower here. Not a cross –I guess just Belamcanda. I’m debating about whether to try it this year or wait until next year.

   Does the one you photoed reveal shiny black seeds that resemble small blackberries when they open?
   Meems @ hoeandshovel

   Meems,
   Yes the seeds are shiny black and interesting looking all by themselves.

10. Joy Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 8:43 am

    Wiseacre ..You are absolutely RIGHT about what will happen to most of us when the BIG thaw happens and we are out actually gardening !
    My plantmobile and I do an almost daily search to see what the garden centers manage to amuse me with .. then I commune ? with my garden all the time possible, poking , digging, planting and PLEADIMG ? haha
    Until the heat and humidity total me .. then drag myself indoors .. hydrate once again and another garden strategy is formulated in my garden brain (99.9 % of functioning brain cells are GARDEN brain cells ! haha) .. and out again !
    We are a very peculiar breed of people !
    Joy *SMILE*

    Joy,
    I like to tell people I never know what I’m doing until I finish. My ‘garden brain cells’ are alway firing off new thoughts while I play outside. Making the rounds to all the nurseries only makes matters worst. They’re only place I can’t resist going into a buying frenzy. For people like us there is no hope – no cult deprogrammer will ever cure us.

11. Joy Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Hey there !
    It is a disease that benefits so many people though. We work our socks off for a beautiful satisfying piece of ever changing art ( how is that for a mouthful ?) .. I’m so happy when I’m having fun in the garden (not the grunt work so much mind you) but when a favorite plant does well, when you FIND an awesome one you have been dreaming about .. the whole shabang !
    By the way .. I have a question for you .. do you have foxglove ? .. if you do let me know because I have more questions for you ! LOL
    Joy

12. WiseAcre Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Joy,
    I don’t have any Foxgloves. They are on my list to get this year. I have plans to ‘naturalize’ an area with some, along with Lupines, Black eyed Susans, Globe Thisle and a few other reliable reseeders this year.

    You can ask but I’ve never grown them so any answer is more likely to be a wisecrack.

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