Many years ago, I had a huge lily garden as well. I would have to say, the star gazer lily was my favourite. The smell, and colours took my breath away! I so enjoy watching you grow your garden
Amaryllis picotee is one of my favorite lily varieties. The crisp white petals with the slightest red border are an amazing combination. The petals remind me of apple slices any time I see them lol!
OMG, this was like exactly what I needed to watch today, flower gardening to refresh my soul, thank you 💝💝💝😄 It will be fun to follow along to when they bloom for you. I used to grow tulips, daffodils, and Lillies in my garden when I lived in the northeast but most of those wouldn't survive here in central FL 😞 My husband keeps telling me to plant some bulbs and so what if they only make it through one blooming cycle, just plant new bulbs again for the next year......perhaps someday I will try. I have heard of digging up the bulbs, shaking off the dirt, putting them into a paper bag then putting the bag into the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator to simulate a winter chill, then repotting the chilled bulbs again after some number of weeks but haven't ever tried this and am unsure of how long bulbs should be chilled....seems like more work than I want to take on and besides, the vegetable drawer is full of vegetables most of the time so no room to spare 🤣
Look into kniphofia, aka red hot poker. Grow well in south texas with a smidge of afternoon shade. Its 110f in the summer here. Super fun looking flower.
I have a pink/purple asiatic lily (purple Eye/Purple Dream). It survived even in a transparents pot that was forgotten on my balcony and got wet and froze. I wanted to throw it out the next spring and was surprised to see that the bulbs had already started to sprout again. I will have mine the third year this coming spring. I love the fact that they are not fragrant. I also had the larger lilys, that are super fragrant, and they gave me migraines. I can only recommend the peruvian lily/ inka lily! I fell in love with it a few years ago when I bought a bouquet of flowers for my mom, that had them in it. This June I finally found a huge variety of colors at out local home improvement store's garden section. 22 cm pot for 10€! Bought the only red one they had. It was in full bloom and it is still blooming - we already had night temperatures of 3°C here in Berlin - no problem! Bumble bees and solitary bees absolutely LOVE the blooms! I even have a few seeds now that I will try to plant soon. I also have mine in full sun on a south/west facing balcony - with wind though! It is currently growing new stems. If it survives the winter - which I'm confident in - I will definitely get other colors next year. Anyhow, I hope all your lilies will survive your summer. Fingers crossed!
One thing I’ve been challenged by during the hot summers in Florida is that anything I plant in a clay pot (to keep the roots draining during the rainy season) ends up drying up and scorching in the pot! I try watering daily and even adding different soil mixes, but it’s like the clay pot bakes them! I’ve got to plant them in the soil. Maybe the fact that you’ve got dry season all year will mean that the clay will work wonders for you (clay soil rots my roots so I have to amend the soil 😛). Love the calla lilies! Don’t have them in my garden anymore but the lilies I do have come back every year.
I have the black Lillie’s they smell kinda like powdery sugar chocolate or like sweet dry Lilly scent they are just very very dark purple burgundy and yes I have both varieties black and orange pollen Lillie’s, definitely grow them in the shade later in the day because the flower will cook under the sun! 🌞 😂
I love them, I am into bulbs now and I am the same 😢, here in Guatemala I cannot grow tulips but I AM growing freesias, lillys, amarillys and cala lillys
Hi Danny! I think lilies will do ok in your climate. They do great in mine and we actually get temps in the 100’s f in summer. I’ve never seen them struggle in heat. That said, we do get freezes and they (oriental and asiatic) do fine. I can grow tulips here so I do feel your pain about tulips-I love them. But you could put them in the fridge for 2 months and you will be fine! The white lilies might be Easter lilies which are very fragrant and are less cold hardy. I love the oriental and trumpet lilies but I also have asiatic, canna, day, Peruvian, calla and tiger lilies. I love lilies and I also hate the silly superstitions. Here crows are associated with death but I love them they are incredibly intelligent. I have the white calla lilies in my pond. With the alstromeria I would plant directly in the garden as their roots are brittle and delicate and don’t like to be moved. Good luck with the lily experiment! Thanks for sharing!
Since it never freezes where you live, you could plant Amaryllis in your garden. They love sun and would naturally go dormant during winter and then bloom in spring. They even look a little like lillys
Hi, yea I was thinking about that, I am just unsure they would survive the summer, they look a bit.. frail, but I will definitely try, they are very pretty! 😁
@@MissOrchidGirl go ahead, plant a few amaryllis bulbs and I think you will discover that you can grow them there. I live in Central Florida with long hot summers (not quite as hot as you have) and grow my amaryllis in pots year round. They keep their green leaves most of the year to help replenish the bulbs for next season's blooms and a few will have their leaves turn yellow or brown but then send out green leaves again after a short dormancy. They reliably bloom every year for me, some start around Christmas and others wait until February or March to bloom. I like to grow them in pots so I can move them to a protected location if a hurricane threatens our area but my neighbor is braver and has hers planted in the ground. I add to my collection every year because I love their blooms so much! LOL, I am an amaryllis addict as well as an orchid addict 😄🥰
@@MissOrchidGirlAmayllis will appreciate your climate. Here in New Caledonia, we have almost the same sun and temperature than in Cyprus. My amaryllis are thriving, without any care!Then even don’t drink a lot.
My peace lily don’t like it when it gets very cold outside like below 40 degrees outside but she loves the weather here Vavaville California but ever since I got health issues I bought all my plants in doors now I lost all my plants except for one plant n I gave my sister in law my other peace lily which was doing very well ❤😊
Hi Danny, love lillies too, but they don't like me, have tried so many times, and still, they died, add also to your garden Adenium, or desert rose, they are sun loving plants, and so many flowers to choose from, i have mine full sun, pink, white flowers, try them really its beautiful
Lilies are cool! I’m a big native plant nerd. There’s no true lilies native to my exact area (the only Liliaceae in my area are Erythronium albidum). There are however, ones that live within my state. I’ve particularly had my eye on Lilium philadelphicum.
I'll reccomend some. You probably saw Crinum Powellii or Nerine in gardens. Gladiolus, acidanthera, amaryllis belladonna, lycrois, freesia, mandevilla, ixia, sandersonia, gloriosa, lily of the nile, Gloxinia, rain lilies, amazon lily, aztec lily. Most of these bulbs are hardy zone 10 or 11
If you do want to try Amaryllis, boy oh boy they multiply. My climate is very close to yours and they grow very well for me. I had only calla lillies as my wedding bouquet 😊
Hi Danny! Have you ever tried Clivia (Bush Lilies)? I don’t think they’re true lilies, but they’re gorgeous. I get big, showy orange blooms every March/April here in Southern California. I think you’d have to take them in during the hottest months of your summer, but they do fine with up to 30/32 degrees Celsius here. They’re also pretty drought tolerant, but they do need a bit of shade.
I’m just realizing that Clivia is a type of Amaryllis, which others have mentioned. But they have smaller clusters of flowers (which you love!). They do need some shade, though. I had to remove half the trees in my garden this year, and the Clivia on that side immediately got sunburned. Moved them to the shady side and they bounced right back.
DANNY! I’m in Toronto Canada winter is -20 with windshield -35 and I grow several kinds of lillies. You can grow tulips just experiment and also cover with mulch. Do you have squirrels or chipmunks
Love lilies, but unfortunately their pollen are toxic for cats so I don't wanna risk putting lily bulbs in my garden. I love my cats more than lilies 😅 I hope to see yours flourish here instead ❤
Oh, I will probably never go there again, it’s complicated 😕 and I know for a fact the garden has been covered with concrete, it only exists in my memories now.. Uhh I got sad..😢
@@MissOrchidGirl don’t get sad it’s good you have it in your memories … many people don’t have memories to fall back on! Maybe take up painting and put it on paper what you remember!
I have peace lily but she’s being very naughty right now bc ever since my mom passed away over year ago she has been so good but now she’s has been like half of her been doing good n the other half have been doing not so good the leaves have been getting very brown droopping n I only water her when she’s needs it
Many years ago, I had a huge lily garden as well. I would have to say, the star gazer lily was my favourite. The smell, and colours took my breath away! I so enjoy watching you grow your garden
I love love love lilies, this is amazing! Yes please continue taking us along, we don't mind relax and chilling videos about the garden.
So happy you enjoyed! 🧡
Amaryllis picotee is one of my favorite lily varieties. The crisp white petals with the slightest red border are an amazing combination. The petals remind me of apple slices any time I see them lol!
My favorite videos are the ones in which you share stories. ❤ from America
OMG, this was like exactly what I needed to watch today, flower gardening to refresh my soul, thank you 💝💝💝😄 It will be fun to follow along to when they bloom for you. I used to grow tulips, daffodils, and Lillies in my garden when I lived in the northeast but most of those wouldn't survive here in central FL 😞 My husband keeps telling me to plant some bulbs and so what if they only make it through one blooming cycle, just plant new bulbs again for the next year......perhaps someday I will try. I have heard of digging up the bulbs, shaking off the dirt, putting them into a paper bag then putting the bag into the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator to simulate a winter chill, then repotting the chilled bulbs again after some number of weeks but haven't ever tried this and am unsure of how long bulbs should be chilled....seems like more work than I want to take on and besides, the vegetable drawer is full of vegetables most of the time so no room to spare 🤣
I have missed this chill videos of you doing gardening.
The one that I gave my SIL she bloomed n she is so beautiful n still doing great ❤😊
Your climate is very similar to West Texas. Also, Stargazers are my mother's favorite lily!❤
Nice bulb lily. Start planting now for spring to summer enjoy
i love owls too
Never seen any black lilies before ❤😊
looking forward to the freesias!
the lily-like flowers (that had a bushier base) you mentioned in the video might be crinums or hippeastrums
Your garden is glorious ❤
Look into kniphofia, aka red hot poker. Grow well in south texas with a smidge of afternoon shade. Its 110f in the summer here. Super fun looking flower.
I have a pink/purple asiatic lily (purple Eye/Purple Dream). It survived even in a transparents pot that was forgotten on my balcony and got wet and froze. I wanted to throw it out the next spring and was surprised to see that the bulbs had already started to sprout again. I will have mine the third year this coming spring. I love the fact that they are not fragrant. I also had the larger lilys, that are super fragrant, and they gave me migraines.
I can only recommend the peruvian lily/ inka lily! I fell in love with it a few years ago when I bought a bouquet of flowers for my mom, that had them in it. This June I finally found a huge variety of colors at out local home improvement store's garden section. 22 cm pot for 10€! Bought the only red one they had. It was in full bloom and it is still blooming - we already had night temperatures of 3°C here in Berlin - no problem! Bumble bees and solitary bees absolutely LOVE the blooms! I even have a few seeds now that I will try to plant soon. I also have mine in full sun on a south/west facing balcony - with wind though! It is currently growing new stems. If it survives the winter - which I'm confident in - I will definitely get other colors next year.
Anyhow, I hope all your lilies will survive your summer. Fingers crossed!
Hello from South Africa! So cool to hear that many plants that work here would work over there, too.
We call them Easter lilies in the States because that's when they first bloom (traditionally).
One thing I’ve been challenged by during the hot summers in Florida is that anything I plant in a clay pot (to keep the roots draining during the rainy season) ends up drying up and scorching in the pot! I try watering daily and even adding different soil mixes, but it’s like the clay pot bakes them! I’ve got to plant them in the soil. Maybe the fact that you’ve got dry season all year will mean that the clay will work wonders for you (clay soil rots my roots so I have to amend the soil 😛).
Love the calla lilies! Don’t have them in my garden anymore but the lilies I do have come back every year.
Oh no!! Well in the ground they go next summer! 🤭
I have the black Lillie’s they smell kinda like powdery sugar chocolate or like sweet dry Lilly scent they are just very very dark purple burgundy and yes I have both varieties black and orange pollen Lillie’s, definitely grow them in the shade later in the day because the flower will cook under the sun! 🌞 😂
I love them, I am into bulbs now and I am the same 😢, here in Guatemala I cannot grow tulips but I AM growing freesias, lillys, amarillys and cala lillys
Hi Danny! I think lilies will do ok in your climate. They do great in mine and we actually get temps in the 100’s f in summer. I’ve never seen them struggle in heat. That said, we do get freezes and they (oriental and asiatic) do fine. I can grow tulips here so I do feel your pain about tulips-I love them. But you could put them in the fridge for 2 months and you will be fine! The white lilies might be Easter lilies which are very fragrant and are less cold hardy. I love the oriental and trumpet lilies but I also have asiatic, canna, day, Peruvian, calla and tiger lilies. I love lilies and I also hate the silly superstitions. Here crows are associated with death but I love them they are incredibly intelligent. I have the white calla lilies in my pond. With the alstromeria I would plant directly in the garden as their roots are brittle and delicate and don’t like to be moved. Good luck with the lily experiment! Thanks for sharing!
Since it never freezes where you live, you could plant Amaryllis in your garden. They love sun and would naturally go dormant during winter and then bloom in spring. They even look a little like lillys
Hi, yea I was thinking about that, I am just unsure they would survive the summer, they look a bit.. frail, but I will definitely try, they are very pretty! 😁
@@MissOrchidGirl go ahead, plant a few amaryllis bulbs and I think you will discover that you can grow them there. I live in Central Florida with long hot summers (not quite as hot as you have) and grow my amaryllis in pots year round. They keep their green leaves most of the year to help replenish the bulbs for next season's blooms and a few will have their leaves turn yellow or brown but then send out green leaves again after a short dormancy. They reliably bloom every year for me, some start around Christmas and others wait until February or March to bloom. I like to grow them in pots so I can move them to a protected location if a hurricane threatens our area but my neighbor is braver and has hers planted in the ground. I add to my collection every year because I love their blooms so much! LOL, I am an amaryllis addict as well as an orchid addict 😄🥰
@@MissOrchidGirlAmayllis will appreciate your climate. Here in New Caledonia, we have almost the same sun and temperature than in Cyprus. My amaryllis are thriving, without any care!Then even don’t drink a lot.
If you can bury the pot 3/4 in the ground might help to insulate them.
My peace lily don’t like it when it gets very cold outside like below 40 degrees outside but she loves the weather here Vavaville California but ever since I got health issues I bought all my plants in doors now I lost all my plants except for one plant n I gave my sister in law my other peace lily which was doing very well ❤😊
Hi Danny, love lillies too, but they don't like me, have tried so many times, and still, they died, add also to your garden Adenium, or desert rose, they are sun loving plants, and so many flowers to choose from, i have mine full sun, pink, white flowers, try them really its beautiful
Lilies are cool! I’m a big native plant nerd. There’s no true lilies native to my exact area (the only Liliaceae in my area are Erythronium albidum). There are however, ones that live within my state. I’ve particularly had my eye on Lilium philadelphicum.
Amaryllis are a great option for your garden they're hardy up to zone 11.
I'll reccomend some. You probably saw Crinum Powellii or Nerine in gardens. Gladiolus, acidanthera, amaryllis belladonna, lycrois, freesia, mandevilla, ixia, sandersonia, gloriosa, lily of the nile, Gloxinia, rain lilies, amazon lily, aztec lily. Most of these bulbs are hardy zone 10 or 11
Mandeville isn't a bulb by the way
If you do want to try Amaryllis, boy oh boy they multiply. My climate is very close to yours and they grow very well for me. I had only calla lillies as my wedding bouquet 😊
Hi, I am seriously considering them! Do you find they can tolerate hot sun? Or shade would be better?
@@MissOrchidGirlfor me in indirect sun or shaded in the afternoon
Hi Danny! Have you ever tried Clivia (Bush Lilies)? I don’t think they’re true lilies, but they’re gorgeous. I get big, showy orange blooms every March/April here in Southern California. I think you’d have to take them in during the hottest months of your summer, but they do fine with up to 30/32 degrees Celsius here. They’re also pretty drought tolerant, but they do need a bit of shade.
I’m just realizing that Clivia is a type of Amaryllis, which others have mentioned. But they have smaller clusters of flowers (which you love!). They do need some shade, though. I had to remove half the trees in my garden this year, and the Clivia on that side immediately got sunburned. Moved them to the shady side and they bounced right back.
DANNY! I’m in Toronto Canada winter is -20 with windshield -35 and I grow several kinds of lillies. You can grow tulips just experiment and also cover with mulch. Do you have squirrels or chipmunks
Easter Lillies
Maybe that’s where I grew up at
do your doves free roam in the garden? do you have to take precautions against birds of prey, ive never had birds/doves so i am curious about it.
Love lilies, but unfortunately their pollen are toxic for cats so I don't wanna risk putting lily bulbs in my garden. I love my cats more than lilies 😅 I hope to see yours flourish here instead ❤
Danny! Have you gone back to Romania to visit and see if your grandmas garden is still there.
Oh, I will probably never go there again, it’s complicated 😕 and I know for a fact the garden has been covered with concrete, it only exists in my memories now.. Uhh I got sad..😢
@@MissOrchidGirl don’t get sad it’s good you have it in your memories … many people don’t have memories to fall back on! Maybe take up painting and put it on paper what you remember!
There is a tulip species that grows wild in Cyprus, the Tulipa cypria . So I think there will be some that you can grow.
Hi, those don’t grow inland in my area, the climate where they grow is quite different than mine, I’ve never even seen them for sale here 😓
Thst gravel area would be beautiful for succulent garden with rocks
Hi, yes I know but I don’t like succulents and cacti 😭
@@MissOrchidGirl yes I’m not a big fan but I’m coming around to appreciate it …
I’m sure my taste will change over time, it always does.. a wide pot thingy would look nice I guess 🤭
What do I need to do? Should I clean her up repot some of her in other pot 😢
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You need a garden nursery and ask them what grows or how
Can you plant them in the ground ? Do you have access to a garden?
I always heard that mums were funerals flowers 😢
I have peace lily but she’s being very naughty right now bc ever since my mom passed away over year ago she has been so good but now she’s has been like half of her been doing good n the other half have been doing not so good the leaves have been getting very brown droopping n I only water her when she’s needs it
hi danny, did u ever used to play the game wonderland online/ wlo ?
Nop, I played heroes of might and magic 🤭
Have to ask! Why not gardening gloves?
Cos my main problem is moisture and pathogens reaching my skin.. skin issues.. personal.
@@MissOrchidGirl you’re a soldier❣️👩🌾🌸 Never let a challenge deter you from your joy, right?! 🪻🌼🌻🌹