Thanks for the summer dreams today :)

I've always thought that white lilies were the only kind I liked, but your lavendar-colored ones have changed my mind. Can you tell us what they are?

I'd love to add them in beside my Casablancas. The other flowers around them set them off beautifully and the sunlight in the photo makes them sparkle like jewels. Thank you for sharing such lovliness.

What kind words!! Thank you so much...I'm quite overwhelmed :) The plants in the second photo are just one of those happy accidents -- I'm didn't realize that the phlox and the lilies would be in bloom at the same time. The phlox are just tall pink garden phlox and the lilies are 'Tom Pouce', I'm afraid the the colours in the photo are not quite accurate, the lilies are definitely pink with a yellowish stripe -- these colours have grown on me and now I'm quite happy with them. I too lovely white lilies, white Regal trumpets being my favourite -- I've been meaning to try Casablancas!, Thank you for taking the time to write...

vicki

Annabeth, I bought these lilies, last summer on the clearence table at Lowes. Of course I did not save the tags. You can't tell their size from theses pictures, but they are the size of most other lillies.
they were about the size of a tea cup when I bought them, so I was really surprised at how big the blooms were this spring. In both pic. the black "thing" is a solar garden light, which will help you judge the lily blooms size.

In the first pic. you can't tell that the verbena is a pretty pink. It is called apple blossom.

Native Texan,
Thanks for your beautiful photos too. I don't think I have ever seen a Lily that bright red before. The reds usually seem very magenta-like to me. Is the photo color accurate? Even though it is hot here too, my Lilies (a white unknown Asiatic and the Oriental 'Casablanca') do not bloom until June and July, especially the Casablancas. They are not as vigorous as I'd like though-they usually send up one stem-spike that is topped with two to five flowers. I've seen some Lily plants here on the GW that, to me, are beyond belief in their size and abundance. Maybe I'll check out the LA Hybrids, yours look wonderful.

Great photos!