Top Lilies for Your Flower Garden
Every flower garden needs lilies. These easy, summer-blooming bulbs always put on a stunning display. Their long-lasting flowers are big and bold, yet supremely elegant. They are also wonderful cut flowers. There are dozens ofRead More
A Midsummer Tour of Our Trial Garden
August is just a couple days away, and in our New Jersey trial garden the heat is definitely ON! We are located in the eastern part of the state about 10 miles fromRead More
8 Tips for Growing Better Lilies
Lilies have an elegance few other flowers can rival. With such big, exotic-looking blossoms, it seems like they’d be tricky to grow. But they’re not! Here are eight tips for growing liliesRead More
Know Your Lilies: Asiatics, Orientals, Trumpets and More!
It’s pretty easy to tell the difference between daylilies (hemerocallis) and true lillies (lilium). Daylilies have a dense root system, long, strappy foliage and clusters of flowers on wiry stems. True liliesRead More
How to Control Red Lily Leaf Beetles
The red lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii) is a destructive pest that feeds almost exclusively on true lilies (Lilium spp.), including Asiatic and Oriental lilies as well as Orienpets and species lilies.Read More
Make Way for Lilies: How to Fit More Lily Bulbs in Your Garden
I love lilies and every spring I somehow manage to find room for more of them. My flowerbeds are overflowing with plants and my garden isn’t getting any bigger. So it takes someRead More
Fragrant Lilies for Your Summer Garden
Summer is filled with so many good smells: suntan lotion, burgers on the grill, rain at the end of a hot day, and my personal favorite… lilies! From mid-July toRead More
Why is Stargazer the World’s Most Popular Lily?
I have a weakness for lilies. No other flowers can match their extravagant, exotic-looking, exquisitely formed and sweetly perfumed blossoms. Though I have dozens of them growing in my garden, it’s neverRead More
New for 2015: Kaveri Oriental-Asiatic Lily
s Every new gardening season brings a flurry of new plant varieties. Sometimes there’s a real gem in that list, and for 2015 that nugget of gold is Kaveri, anRead More
