Your Lillys are beautiful. I also grow them but mine are gone now they don’t last due to the deer that come to sample them, just don’t know how to keep them away.
I’m always excited to see a deer, but I can imagine them being a menace unless you build a fence tall enough to keep them out. You could perhaps just surround the lilies with some chicken wire – it’s a desperate measure, but one I see done quite a lot.
It was taken at the Southport Flower Show. We were there on the final day and I was sorry to miss seeing people struggling home with the lilies, which were being sold for £20 per magnificent arrangement, including the vase. There looked to be 40 stems or more in each vase – a massive armful, so people probably looked like walking flowers.
I contented myself with £2 worth of glads and I struggled to carry those – they had such long stems. There’s nothing better than walking home with more flowers than you can really carry to put a smile on your face. I’ve done that a time or two!
I think Su Leslie’s word “kaleidoscopic” is right on the mark. The effect of multiples like this is dizzying, but in a lovely way. It’s a gorgeous image, and I can’t imagine the fragrance there. Wow. I suspect your comment that you’d “done that a time or two” in reference to carrying home an armload of flower qualifies as understatement. But of course it’s only proper etiquette when the flowers have gone to all the trouble of looking so good.
This picture needs no words. “A picture is worth a thousand words,” they say.
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Thanks, Oneta – it has a joyful character, doesn’t it?
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Wowsah, as we would say in Maine.
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Thanks, Laurie – I’ve often wondered how to spell that!
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Now you know. 😉
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I can just smell the lily. Wonderful!
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This was part of a whole display of them, so the fragrance was really something.
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Thank you! One of my favorite flowers. Stargazer lily
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I’ve been trying all summer to get a good picture of martagon lilies, but haven’t done them justice so far.
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Your Lillys are beautiful. I also grow them but mine are gone now they don’t last due to the deer that come to sample them, just don’t know how to keep them away.
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I’m always excited to see a deer, but I can imagine them being a menace unless you build a fence tall enough to keep them out. You could perhaps just surround the lilies with some chicken wire – it’s a desperate measure, but one I see done quite a lot.
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yes i thought of that also but i’m afraid that the deer will get hurt, and that i do not want. I will have to think of something else. Thank you.
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That’s what I had in my wedding bouquet. Always a favorite. Beautiful!
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And beautifully scented too.
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Beautiful shot of a beautiful flower. The composition is almost kaleidoscopic; very cool. 🙂
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It was taken at the Southport Flower Show. We were there on the final day and I was sorry to miss seeing people struggling home with the lilies, which were being sold for £20 per magnificent arrangement, including the vase. There looked to be 40 stems or more in each vase – a massive armful, so people probably looked like walking flowers.
I contented myself with £2 worth of glads and I struggled to carry those – they had such long stems. There’s nothing better than walking home with more flowers than you can really carry to put a smile on your face. I’ve done that a time or two!
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What a brilliant way to get really affordable flowers. I’m envious!
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If you factor in the entrance fee, it becomes less of a bargain.
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True. Flowers are hideously expensive here.
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I think Su Leslie’s word “kaleidoscopic” is right on the mark. The effect of multiples like this is dizzying, but in a lovely way. It’s a gorgeous image, and I can’t imagine the fragrance there. Wow. I suspect your comment that you’d “done that a time or two” in reference to carrying home an armload of flower qualifies as understatement. But of course it’s only proper etiquette when the flowers have gone to all the trouble of looking so good.
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It’s a pity to leave them behind, even if they only have a few days of life left in them.
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Gorgeous! Nothing else needed … 😃
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Thanks, Julie.
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Gorgeous, Susan.
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