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Post by skarloey on Jan 7, 2007 15:34:48 GMT
Haven't done one for a while. Remember the pink daff Poll? ;D Then the Busy Lizzie one. Thought it was about time for another.
I STILL LIKE THE PINK DAFFS THOUGH!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 7, 2007 15:43:03 GMT
Love them, but gave them up after hearing about the danger to cats son bought me a potful last year and I planted them at the lottie, by the shed where they died immediately...lily beetle?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2007 17:27:23 GMT
LOVE lilys, in the garden, in a vase anywhere really!!.
I understand it's only the pollen which can be harmful to cats ( I could be wrong), so I nip out the pollen, that way also you don't get it staining everywhere.
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Post by Plocket on Jan 7, 2007 17:29:34 GMT
Sorry but I had to vote for "hate them" - I find them unattractive, I don't like the scent, and they make me think of funerals. ;D
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Post by sleepysunday on Jan 7, 2007 17:30:29 GMT
I agree about the scent. Reminds me of burning bakolite.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2007 17:43:06 GMT
I like them !
FA x
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Post by JennyWrenn on Jan 7, 2007 17:50:51 GMT
I dont like Lilies either - my friend buys them for me so can never tell her and her house is always full of them They are not pretty and dont smell very nice either - sorry  |
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Post by Juliet on Jan 7, 2007 17:56:05 GMT
There isn't a voting category for me - quite like some of them but wouldn't have them even though I don't have cats because I'd hate to be responsible for the death of someone else's cat. I love Hemerocallis & I wouldn't have those as they can kill cats too, apparently FA - not sure about the new avatar  |
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Post by andy on Jan 7, 2007 18:30:22 GMT
Don't mind them but don't have any
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Post by Spruance on Jan 7, 2007 19:10:22 GMT
I have them mainly in tubs at the side of the GH, although there are a few in the front garden border. I didn't know about the potential danger to cats though. So I'm definitely a love them wouldn't be without them!  |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 7, 2007 19:14:23 GMT
Isn't it funny how different all our tastes are in flowers? If we started a list of each member's fave flowers I bet almost everyone would select something different!
I guess I've got an incomplete garden then, but I've never thought of my garden as incomplete!!!
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Post by 4pygmies on Jan 7, 2007 19:28:49 GMT
I do like them and have some in pots (away from cats) but I'm not a fanatic or anything. They seem to be one of the trendy plants at the moment as lots of magazines offered them free or for not much money. They don't seem to last very long in my garden which is why I wouldn't go OTT about them.
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Post by MamIDdau on Jan 7, 2007 21:09:01 GMT
I think they've got pretty flowers but I'm not that keen on the smell.
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 8, 2007 17:51:59 GMT
Love 'em garden not complete without them. I have all mine in pots and they are all Scented Orientals. At the moment they are stashed away and once they show about 6" of growth I arrange them around two benches and along the path from the back door. I love sitting out on a summers evening and loosing myself in the perfume. When I was working in an office I used to picked some and had them in a vase on my desk, some people loved it and some complained of the heavy scent. The office was open plan and held around 250 people  I have to confess in an enclosed space they can be a bit over powering though. |
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Post by skarloey on Jan 8, 2007 18:45:47 GMT
Well I love them but don't plant them because of the cats but seeing the advice about nipping out the pollen and Sweetleaf told of a new type that are ?pollenless? I may have to get a few ;D.
However, I found lily beetle on my snowdrops last year and I suspect they may cause me a few headaches on actual lilies! How do you all control this pesky pest?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2007 8:49:35 GMT
I love them and my cats - had cats and lilies in pots for years I do cut out the stamens now to stop my clothes getting stained. |
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Post by Margi on Jan 9, 2007 21:30:48 GMT
Can I have a whole new voting category added please? It would read 'Love them but got rid of the lot last year because the dratted lily beetle population decimated the lot'! I have a lot of lovely memories including lilies, I usually like the smell and sometimes buy them as cut flowers - and their bright colours usually usually make a wonderful contrast against my dark purple sitting room walls...
Margi x
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Post by skarloey on Jan 10, 2007 18:28:38 GMT
Sorry Margi, I tried to modify the poll (like you can for posts) but it's not there. I 'spose you cant really change a poll half way through. However, I reckon mine would be eaten too (my mums over the road always are) and this is also putting me off getting any as I hear there is no 'cure' for lily beetle. (Or as CC might say ladybirds with no spots  ) |
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Post by Margi on Jan 10, 2007 21:11:23 GMT
Don't worry, Skarloey - I reckon everyone else would want to change to the new category, which would really screw your numbers up!!! Thanks for trying anyway...
Margi x
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2007 12:13:28 GMT
Hi Margi, I finally made it onto this board to share addresses for the Christopher Lloyd tribute programme.  I may take a couple of hours/days to get back as I'm in and out of these sites. But rest assured, I'll get back to you soon. Copywrite |
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Post by Margi on Jan 15, 2007 23:07:30 GMT
Hi Copywrite and welcome...
Looking forward to hearing from you when things settle down a bit!
Margi x
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Post by Barbara on Jan 18, 2007 19:28:02 GMT
love 'em
would not be without them
and i love the scent
on a summer evening sat in the garden.
you cant beat it
barbara
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jan 19, 2007 18:16:25 GMT
I've just bought 10 'Star Gazer' (oriental) which were BOGOF, 3 'Siberia' (oriental) and 3 Black Beauty (species)! Can't wait to plant them!
S x
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 19, 2007 18:24:44 GMT
Way to go Susie  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jan 19, 2007 18:30:23 GMT
I WANT MORE I WANT MORE I WANT MORE  Unfortunately, the GC I went to had rather a limited choice |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jan 20, 2007 18:05:43 GMT
Managed to get some more today ;D. Regale, Pink Perfection and Red Dutch, all oriental or oriental trumpets!
I NEED African Queen but, alas, have failed to track it down yet.
Does anybody know if there are some really, really dark coloured varieties?
S x
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 20, 2007 18:26:47 GMT
You must get African Queen Susie, it is tall and the smell is devine, sort of a warm smell and not too over powering or heady. I'm sooo enviuos of all your new lillies, mine were a bit poor this year. If they don't buk up this year I will be getting new ones in October time |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2007 19:14:05 GMT
I've got lots and quite a few in pots and keep 3 cats too...never had any probs with them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2007 19:23:02 GMT
My favourite, in spite of the lil' red blighters that copulate all over them. I have a "lily avenue" and many in pots. Some are already raising their heads in pots in the garage at the moment.
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Post by skarloey on Jan 22, 2007 11:08:48 GMT
My favourite, in spite of the lil' red blighters that copulate all over them. Are you sure they're not "Ladybirds without spots?"  |
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I have to confess in an enclosed space they can be a bit over powering though. 
