Comments on: Hot Colours in Lilies

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:07:20 +0000

Willa, using silver foliage around them is a good idea. It would help the hot colour blend with its neighbours. I have some extra Campanula to go around too.

By: Willa

Willa — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:22:34 +0000

I have some like this too. They really stand out but they look lovely with Lamb’s Ears (Stachys byzantina) and Campanula. I don’t worry too much about everything blending too much though. With a stronger colour like this I just surround them with silver leaves and it all seems to work.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:36:42 +0000

Kerri, I do have to pull the raspberries back. In the last photo the lilies look like they’re treading water in a sea of raspberry plants, and barely able to keep their heads above the waves of raspberry leaves.
It is a busy time in the garden. My garden is manageable, the size of an average suburban lot, so I can keep up by my daily puttering. That being said, I do have a little staking, deadheading, weeding, digging and moving to do. Oh, and relaxing in my lounge chair, listening to the birds, and viewing everything too.

By: kerri

kerri — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:31:33 +0000

This lily certainly grabs attention, doesn’t it? I have the same problem with one of mine that’s a similar color. It’s so bright and doesn’t fit well with most of my other plants, but it’s beautiful nevertheless. Yours is a real beauty and easy to get along with too. Who could ask for more? :)
There’s so much work to do in my garden at the moment that I need to be at least 3 people! But alas, being only one I’m muddling along, celebrating each accomplishment. Do you have trouble keeping up?

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:05:15 +0000

Nancy Bond, I’ll have to use my oven mitts, instead of gardening gloves next time I transplant them.
Blue sounds good. it would look good with a rich blue to equal its saturation, perhaps a salvia or veronica, but that would require a bigger sunny area. Sometimes moving one plant leads to a whole chain reaction.

Chris ND, I know what you mean.
The lily in the top photo is the leader, “Come on guys, Northern will love us more if we just shine a little brighter. Altogether now, 1,2,3 glow”

By: ChrisND

ChrisND — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:54:08 +0000

I think we have some lilies that look like that…they really do stand out in the crowd. They don’t quite fit, but I let them stay where they are right now. It’s great to hear that they are so tolerant.

I haven’t really organized my garden enough to say something should move, but every time something new just shows up I have a soft spot for it if it has nice foliage or flowers.

By: Nancy Bond

Nancy Bond — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:20:18 +0000

That is one hot colour! If it were mine and I had to move it, I’d make sure to settle it in next to something blue. :) It’s almost fluorescent!

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:20:26 +0000

Sheila, yes, I think of hot, tropical places when I see it. It’s definitely a sunny July flower.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:27:15 +0000

Great color for summer!