When it comes to water, lilies prefer moist soil but not wet feet. Lilies also prefer cool soil – below 60 degrees. #Lilys blop blop blop fullLilies like to have their “head in the sun, feet in the shade,” so plant them where they can get at least six hours of full sun per day. Here’s a beautiful orange lily growing in my flower garden. The segments may also be reflexed to form a turban shape, or they may be less strongly reflexed and form an open cup or bowl shape. Lily flowers consist of six petal-like segments, which may form the shape of a trumpet, with a more or less elongated tube. In Japan and China, lilies are a traditional symbol of good luck, whereas Greek lore associates the flower with motherhood. While the white lily represents purity, the spotted tiger lily represents pride or confidence. In fact, different colored lilies represent different things. The lily has a diversity of symbolism throughout the world. The true lilies are erect plants with leafy stems, scaly bulbs, usually narrow leaves, and solitary or clustered flowers. They are native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. These plants are late spring- or summer-flowering. Lily flowers are large and come in a range of colors including yellows, whites, pinks, reds, and purples. Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants grown for their very showy, often fragrant flowers. I also have lilies growing along the winding pergola, outside my Winter House kitchen, in the sunken garden behind my Summer House, and in the formal garden outside the front of the greenhouse. Many of my lilies are planted in my large flower cutting garden just behind my main greenhouse.
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